Everyone should be concerned about taxpayer dollars being spent wisely. The Americans with Disabilities Act has many rules that need to be followed, and it has helped many disabled people along the ...

It is not possible to bring sidewalks up to ADA accessibility standards without using any of the short, foundation-hugging structures called cheek walls that critics worry could detract from the ...

You have probably walked over them thousands of times and not even noticed them, unless you’ve slipped on one: those red, orange and sometimes black, ridged composite tiles stuck in the concrete at ...

A city transportation official says work has been stopped on portions of a sidewalk improvement project that critics say threatens the historic fabric of Society Hill. The work in question relates to ...

After years of fighting efforts to install concrete handicapped- accessible ramps throughout Beacon Hill, the neighborhood’s civic association filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the city, contending that ...

CROMWELL — They are not major projects. But they do have a major impact on the lives of a number of residents. Crews from a contractor are completing a small but vital upgrade to a portion of the town ...

BOSTON (CBS) – The Beacon Hill Civic Association has filed a lawsuit to stop the city from installing handicapped-accessible concrete and plastic sidewalk ramps because it says they would damage the ...

MARYSVILLE — When Ed Page’s wife, Sue, needed a wheelchair, he built a do-it-yourself ramp to get her in and out of their Marysville home. Page is good with his hands. After serving time in the ...

A bank that managed to thrive even in the depths of the financial crisis has finally met its match — preservationists. The Landmarks Preservation Commission foiled a plan by JP Morgan Chase to make ...

A Beacon Hill residents association has sued the city of Boston to stop the installation of sidewalk ramps for the disabled the civic group says would spoil the character of the historic ...