George Rogers Park Pathways Fall Short on Accessibility

The playground at George Rogers Park has pathways with stairs that are not "stroller" nor ADA friendly

Our Mayor Joe Buck is an advocate for public safety in LO. And we're grateful for that.

Here's what he wrote recently in a letter to the LO Review:

Mayor Joe Buck

What Major Buck wrote in his public letter published in the LO Review

That's wonderful Mayor Buck! Thank you.

Ironically, the pathways at and through the City's George Rogers Park don’t connect to each other and/or have stairs making it unusable for strollers and wheelchairs. 

Is this a priority for Parks & Rec to improve pathways within GRP to make them “stroller” and wheelchair accessible?  

More photos below of the "unconnected" pathways throughout the park. Some start and end with stairs and others to dirt areas that are muddy after rain and not ADA compliant. If people park at GRP parking lot, there's not a pathway within the park for them to get their stroller and children up to the playground and fields. There are steps or dirt paths. The access from Ladd Street into GRP also has no ramp, only stairs or a dirt "bank". Surely the City should prioritize safety and ADA compliance for a City-owned park with a playground that hosts so many large events: The Arts Festival, The Antique Car Show, the 4th of July Pancake Breakfast.

Your thoughts?

There are no paved walkways from lower GRP Park area to the playground and upper picnic area

This is the "access" to GRP from Ladd Street with stairs and a dirt "slope" that so many people use to get into the upper picnic area, tennis courts and the fields where the events are held

There are payed pathways that lead into the playground area but they end in steps down to the playground and there is no ramp, only the stairs shown. How are people who want to get to the playground with a stroller or wheelchair who enter this way after parking on Ladd Street to do this?