Fresno finally commits to curb cuts
FRESNO, CA, March 12, 2003 -- Disability activists in Fresno have won a commitment from the city install at least 600 curb ramps yearly until 2010, bringing the number of new curb ramps to 4,200 -- which is approximately the number remaining to be fixed out of Fresno's 15,134 curbs, says activist Ed Eames. The vote came in Tuesday's Fresno City Council meeting, attended by "a huge gathering" of disability activists, reported the Fresno Bee. A guarantee of $660,000 has been made for each year for the next three years from other funding sources, not the operational budget of the city, says Eames.