RECAP: April forum featured accessibility tips & tricks

GMPT’s April forum once again hit on another great topic important to our members—improving accessibility in parks and trails. The forum’s featured guest speaker Mike Lehrke—a volunteer advocate for Birdability—covered issues and potential solutions for mobility challenges. Mike was a great resource, explaining easy fixes and how to plan for accessibility improvements in the future. From finding the proper substrate to ensuring your trails have a small amount of curbing and zero drop-offs, there are minor changes you can make to your design plans to significantly increase the ease of mobility. Mike has offered to help put together a resource list for other consultants around the state that members can use as a helpful guide when addressing accessibility challenges in their regions.