City Of Williams Lake Commits To Making The City More Accessible

The City of Williams Lake has furthered its commitment to make the City more accessible through a series of targeted goals.

In partnership with the Rick Hansen Foundation, City Council approved during it’s regular meeting on June 20, a framework for City accessibility standards moving forward as a community.

That included:

Implementing the steps necessary for all new future City-owned buildings to be designed and built to meet RHFAC (Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification) Gold.

Ensuring all future major renovations of existing City-owned buildings will meet RHFAC.

Training and designing one or more City staff to be an RHFAC Professional, to support the RHFAC process in City-owned buildings.

And encouraging the building design, construction and development community in Williams Lake to adopt RHFAC as other new buildings and renovations are contemplated.

The City said these goals will be included in their upcoming Accessibility Plan which is required to be in place by this September.

In a release Mayor Surinderpal Rathor stated “As the hometown of Rick Hansen, the City is honoured to help carry on the groundbreaking work that Rick started during his Man in Motion World Tour, with a goal of providing accessible, inclusive spaces for residents and visitors to Williams Lake.”