New bylaw to make terrasses wheelchair accessible

People with reduced mobility will finally be able to use terrasses in the Plateau.

According to CTV, the borough passes a bylaw requiring terrasses to be wheelchair accessible.

The new law comes after a complaint made to the Human Rights Commission in 2009.

People with disabilities and visual impairment were upset that they could not get around Mont Royal Ave. easily.

The borough previously authorized elevated terrasses without access ramps after saying that accessible terrasses were technically impossible.

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