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Chapter 6.0000 - NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATIONS

Italicized text was added to the original Title II Technical Assistance Manual through a Supplement issued in 1994.

Regulatory references: 28 CFR 35.151.

II-6.6000 Curb ramps.

When streets, roads, or highways are newly built or altered, they must have ramps or sloped areas wherever there are curbs or other barriers to entry from a sidewalk or path. Likewise, when new sidewalks or paths are built or are altered, they must contain curb ramps or sloped areas wherever they intersect with streets, roads, or highways.

Resurfacing beyond normal maintenance is an alteration. Merely filling potholes is considered to be normal maintenance.

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