On the square The market continues to be equipped with “accessibility tracks”. Work is currently underway on two areas on the right side of the main entrance to the Town Hall.
Now the paving is laid with coarse and fine cobblestones, so the cobblestones are dismantled, polished and installed back. Work on these areas will be completed by the end of the year.
“Works on the arrangement of accessibility paths on Rynok Square began in October of this year from the intersection with St. in Serbian From here they made a transition to the square. Market. They have also already arranged a passage from the side of the street. Halytska Work is currently underway on two sites on the square. The market is on the right side of the main entrance to the Town Hall. Here, the paving is made of coarse and fine cobblestones. The contracting organization of LKP “Shrp Halytsky District” dismantles these stones, grinds them to a smooth level and returns them back.
By the end of this year, work on these two areas should be completed. Next, we will suspend it for a few weeks and return to new areas after the frost,” explained Halyna Hladyak, the head of the Halytskyi district administration.
As a reminder, utility workers work in accordance with the scheme developed by the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of the Lviv City Council. The project envisages the arrangement of accessibility paths on Rynok Square. After the completion of all the works, the paths will be located without gaps throughout the square, including crossings over the tram tracks and barrier-free entrance to the City Hall.
Targeted funds from Ukrainian and international partners are used for their arrangement. They are intended exclusively for the inclusion program.
The reformatting of Rynok square for the needs of people with limited mobility is only part of a large complex of accessibility works carried out in the city. It is about ensuring the inclusiveness of various institutions: commercial, municipal, and state. It is important that inclusiveness should be not only from the outside, but also from the inside of establishments, including that people in wheelchairs can use, for example, an accessible bathroom in a restaurant.
According to the data of the social security department of the Lviv City Council, 5.6% of the residents of the Lviv community, i.e. 47,500, are officially disabled. In addition, the city treats many military personnel who need a barrier-free environment and who are not included in these official statistics. Due to the war started by Russia, the number of people for whom it is important to have an affordable environment is increasing every day.