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For folks with mobility impairments, navigating the crumbling sidewalks of North Adams is like “driving a curler coaster”
NORTH ADAMS Ronald Sheldon plans his routes in and round downtown based mostly not on pace, however on the standard of the pavement. It’s important to,” she stated. “I do not need to find yourself within the hospital.” Sheldon, 68, navigates North Adams utilizing a motorized wheelchair, and stated it is troublesome for him and different disabled folks to navigate the crumbling areas of the town’s sidewalks. Ronald Sheldon makes use of an electrical wheelchair and says navigating North Adams’ damaged and uneven sidewalks, like this one on Lincoln Avenue, is troublesome and harmful. He’s a member of the town’s incapacity fee and is advocating for the town to make…