Center Street and Webster Street in Clinton offer a unique challenge in being compliant with ADA standards, a challenge that was a component of the recent million-and-a-half dollar project completed last fall.

Monday night at the Clinton City Council meeting, the Council heard about plans that are being mandated by the Illinois Department of Transportation. According to Public Works Director Steve Lobb, they have done their very best to meet the requirements however, that is a challenge because interpretations of the regulations can vary.

According to Lobb, the City has been working closely with IDOT to address getting the area into compliance with ADA regulations. A response from IDOT about the compliance of plans to address the area was unacceptable to him.

Lobb notes because of federal dollars being used to pay for the project, the City cannot be reimbursed without approval from IDOT and this portion of the project needs to be taken care of to receive that approval.

Engineers of the project Monday night indicated when they received the approval of the project the first time around, they believed they would be able to bypass that corner because they had provided a couple of alternate routes around it. 

The cost is estimated at $280,500. The Council will take up the plans at their first meeting in April.