Robeson County, Access Barriers, North Carolina 2023

Robeson County, Access Barriers, North Carolina 2023

As part of the Justice Department’s celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act this year, the department announced today the signing of a settlement agreement with Robeson County, North Carolina, to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities.

The agreement is part of Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, towns and counties throughout the country comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The agreements address the steps a community must take to improve access.

With the signing of this agreement, the department has entered into 11 PCA agreements this year alone, and 219 agreements since the initiative began.

The agreement will benefit the residents of the geographically largest county in the state which is also one of its most diverse. With a population of 134,760, that is 39.5 percent Native American and 24.7 percent African American, the county also had 31.7 percent of its residents living below the poverty level.

Under the agreement announced today, Robeson County will remove barriers to accessibility in buildings, such as government office buildings providing services to its citizens, libraries, recreation centers, community centers, polling places, parks, courthouses, police or sheriff offices, and detention facilities.

The agreement requires the county to make physical modifications to facilities so that parking, routes to parks and playgrounds, routes into the buildings, entrances, public telephones, restrooms, service counters and drinking fountains are accessible to people with disabilities, and that assembly areas have the required wheelchair and companion seating.

The county must also post, publish and distribute a notice to inform members of the public of the provisions of Title II and their applicability to the county’s programs, services and activities.

Robeson County officials have demonstrated cooperation in reaching this settlement, which will remove barriers so that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to participate in civic life.

Defendant: Robeson County

Crime: Access Barriers

Location: North Carolina

Date: 2023

Outcome: Settlement Agreement

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