Project Civic Access Settles with Jacksonville

April 19, 2013 — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) entered a settlement agreement with the City of Jacksonville, Florida in April. The DOJ Project Civic Access initiative is a wide-ranging effort to ensure that communities comply with the ADA by eliminating physical and communication barriers that prevent people with disabilities from participating fully in community life. The DOJ evaluated 64 of the city’s facilities and identified deficiencies at each location. Under the five year agreement, Jacksonville is required to “review and correct identified deficiencies” at the 64 facilities evaluated, in addition to hundreds of other facilities. The DOJ will continue to monitor Jacksonville’s compliance. Eve L. Hill, Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division notes the importance of the city’s commitment to compliance, as “access to your city is a basic civil right, and the doors to government programs, services and activities must be open for people with disabilities.”