Agency Seeks Feedback from Lower Shore Counties to Help Identify Accessibility Concerns          
          
Who: State Highway Administration (SHA) representatives          
Area residents, businesses, and community organizations          
Tri-County Council for Lower Eastern Shore          
Shore Transit Advisory Board          
Maryland Department of Education’s Division of Rehabilitation Services           
          
What: The ADA Public Involvement meeting will provide an opportunity to share comments and prioritize future ADA improvement projects in the Lower Shore counties.           
          
When: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.           
          
Where: The One-Stop Job Market – Conference Room 917 Mt. Hermon Road, Salisbury, Md.           
          
Why: SHA is conducting a self-evaluation to identify features, such as sidewalks, that do not meet ADA’s current guidelines. Along with the Tri-County Council for Lower Shore Counties, Shore Transit Advisory Board and the Maryland Department of Education’s Division of Rehabilitation Services, the meeting will help identify and gather information on accessibility challenges.          
          
Note: Persons who need assistance to participate (i.e. language interpreter) are asked to contact Ms. Linda Singer, Title II Coordinator, no later than October 7. She may be reached at 410-545-0370, toll-free at 1-888-910-8866 or ADA@sha.state.md.us          
          
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