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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Michael Bednar, the architect who has been working on barrierfree access to the county courthouse, may have come up with a plan which will earn the stamp of approval from the Rappahannock supervisors. Sent back to the drawing board last month after proposing a dual stairway and inside elevator, Mr. Bednar had three new options ready for the supervisors’ board meeting Novembers.
Plans for an interior chairlift ($32,000) and an elevator ($90,000) were considered and dismissed in almost the same breath, but a third alternative for an exterior chairlift or wheelvator ($11,000) drew nods of approval. “It’s the least expensive and it will have the least visual impact,” reported John McCarthy, the board’s administrative assistant and chairman of the special handicapped access committee.
The chairlift, which folds flat when not being used, would run up the north side of the courthouse. Entry from the lift to the downstairs offices and the upstairs courtroom would be through windows which would be converted to doors. An additional $11,000 would be added to the price tag for any of the three alternatives for construction of a barrier-free bathroom on the first floor.
“Several people called me and asked why we had discarded the idea of using cameras (to give handicapped people access to the upstairs courtroom by video),” said Supervi
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