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A Woodville man confined to a wheelchair is considering legal action against the Rappahannock supervisors for their failure to provide for handicapped access in the current courthouse renovation project.
“It is my understanding that federal law requires that when a public building is renovated it must be made accessible to the handicapped,” wrote Richard Abell in a letter to the board dated March 24. “I have been waiting quietly so far to see how you plan to carry out the letter and intent of that law with respect to the courthouse and the library.
“For two years I have been unable to discern any progress at all.”
Mr. Abell, who contracted polio in his youth, that he cannot enter the library to “take out a book, to spend a few hours reading or browsing or to do research on subjects of interest to me.” Since he must rely on others to carry him up and down the courthouse stairs, he has rarely attended public meetings, the former teacher added. “A public elevator (at the courthouse) would make it possible for me to be a more independent participant in the public life of this community.”
telephone interview Monday night. “He thinks more citizens should do this. When you have a nice old courthouse, it behooves the community to keep it that way,” Dr. Krebser said, adding that the senior circuit court judge had given his “wholehearted approval” to the latest modifications.
Dr. Krebser said that the architect had likewise been “quite
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