Coppell City Council continues to update its ramp design for intersections and crossings, which are safest for all pedestrians and recommended by Licensed Accessibility Specialists.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Capital Programs coordinator Kori Allen updated the council at Tuesday’s meeting.

“In Coppell’s efforts to be the safest and most innovative city in DFW, we are installing [various] directional programs,” ADA and Capital Programs Coordinator Kori Allen said. 

These programs include water meters, truncated domes, fire hydrants, gas lines, and traffic poles.

To ensure that all of Coppell’s intersections are ADA compliant and best options as directional programs, a third party was hired to assess them. The inspection concluded that the ramps located on Plantation Drive and Magnolia Drive exceed state and federal accessibility requirements.

“They are the best and safest ramps that are designed today,” accessibility specialist Ross Thomas said. “The reason the department of Justice recommends that you have directional curb ramps is because [it is easier to move on] for people in chairs, as they approach a diagonal curb ramp, and for people with visual impairments, as it tells them where they need to go.”

These ramps are continuing to be improved, and in some cases, installed all across Coppell.

In addition to these new constructions, the Coppell City Council has officially recognized the month of May as Pickleball Month, and the week of April 23-29 as National Library Week.

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