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Costs associated with providing accessible
telephones, such as relocating telephones to an accessible height,
installing amplification devices, or installing telecommunications
devices for deaf persons (TDD's);
Costs associated with relocating an inaccessible
drinking fountain.
Paragraph (f)(1) of the proposed rule provided that when the cost of
alterations necessary to make the path of travel serving an altered area
fully accessible is disproportionate to the cost of the overall
alteration, the path of travel shall be made accessible to the maximum
extent feasible. In response to the suggestion of a commenter, the
Department has made an editorial change in the final rule (paragraph
(g)(1)) to clarify that if the cost of providing a fully accessible path
of travel is disproportionate, the path of travel shall be made
accessible to the extent that it can be made accessible without
incurring disproportionate costs.
Paragraph (g)(2) (paragraph (f)(2) in the NPRM) establishes that
priority should be given to those elements that will provide the
greatest access, in the following order: An accessible entrance; an
accessible route to the altered area; at least one accessible restroom
for each sex or a single unisex restroom; accessible telephones;
accessible drinking fountains; and, whenever possible, additional
accessible elements such as parking, storage, and alarms. This paragraph
is unchanged from the proposed rule.
(Just notes)
