Paseo streetscape project completed

OUR >> WELL, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT BUZZING TODAY AND THE PASEO DISTRICT CELEBRATING SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT. >> AND 80 A COMPLIANT STREETSCAPE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN NEEDED FOR DECADES. NEWS FOUR'S KAYLA NOBLE HAS THE STORY. >> THE NEW DAY FOR ONE OF OKLAHOMA CITY'S MOST HISTORIC DISTRICTS 100 YEARS AGO. IT WAS SPANISH VILLAGE OKLAHOMA CITY. THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY AROUND HERE. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THINGS FROM THAT ERA. THE NOW PASEO DISTRICT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AROUND WALKABILITY EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED IN ONE PLACE STARTING IN WORLD WAR. 2. >> OKLAHOMA CITY STOPPED REQUIRING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT MEANS TO THE 60'S 70'S 80'S 90'S AND EARLY OT, THE SIDEWALKS FELON, ALL KINDS DISREPAIR, THE SIDEWALKS WERE NOT UP TO CODE. THEY WEREN'T ADA COMPLIANT. SO YOU'D HAVE LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A CLIMB THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE. BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT IF YOU HAVE A LACK OR YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

IF YOU HAVE A WHEELCHAIR, PEOPLE WITHOUT DISABILITIES HAD ISSUES GETTING AROUND IN SPOTS. LOTS OF TRIP HAZARDS AND EVERYTHING. IN 2017 OKC VOTERS APPROVED THE BETTER STREETS, SAFER CITY SALES TAX FOR MILLION WENT TO THE PASEO CONSTRUCTION LASTED A YEAR. IT WAS PAINFUL WHILE THEY WERE DOING PARKING WAS. >> PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE. COOPER SAYS THE SIDEWALKS WERE WHITE INTO ABOUT 10 FEET ACROSS. THEY ALSO HAD A PARTNER WITH BUSINESSES. WE HAD TO LITERALLY CONSTRUCT THIS RANT THAT YOU SEE HERE WITH THIS KIND OF GUARDRAIL, IN FACT, SO THAT SOMEONE CAN SAFELY NAVIGATE ENTERING INTO THIS A STORE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS SAY GETTING AROUND NOW IS A BREEZE. IT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL CHANGE. I THINK THAT ANYONE IN A WHEELCHAIR OR WALKER, ANYTHING WILL BE WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM TO SEE THE ARE DOWN HERE IN THE PASEO. KAITLIN, NOBLE, OKLAHOMA'S NEWS, 4 CITY COUNCILMAN COOPER SAYS THE BEST IS YET TO COME MONEY FROM MAPS FOR WILL SOON BE USED TO

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