“It is not necessary to ask for a new ordinance or new regulation, everything is already approved, but it is not fulfilled”
SEVILLA, 14 (EUROPA PRESS)
The Adelante Sevilla Group in the Seville City Council has presented a battery of questions for their response to the Permanent Commission of Control and Supervision so that the local government of the socialist Juan Espadas “render accounts” on the actions developed to guarantee universal accessibility in the city, bearing in mind that “much remains to be done.”
In this sense, Adelante Councilor Daniel González Rojas has presented these questions for his written response regarding different aid granted both in 2017 and 2018 in this matter and linked to motions promoted by Izquierda Unida in plenary session, after the government local has “launched the bells to the flight with its Universal Accessibility Plan and with the more than a thousand performances that it has recently sold”, despite the fact that the situation is that “much remains to be done”.
Thus, it refers to the approved proposals in relation to accessible commerce and asks the local government if the technical guide has been made or if the aid has been developed so that the city’s stores can “guarantee accessibility in their space”, but It is especially focused on knowing if the City Council is enforcing the Universal Accessibility Ordinance and what kind of actions the Accessibility Office executes to guarantee that this ordinance is complied with.
“As always, every time we talk about universal accessibility we do not have to ask for new laws, we do not have to ask for a new ordinance or new regulation, but everything is already approved, what happens is that it is not fulfilled and it is not sanctioned as it is collected the accessibility ordinance itself, “he warns, so he asks” the government team for more modesty because there is still a lot of room to guarantee universal accessibility in the city. ” “This group will continue to influence this in this matter until Seville is a one hundred percent accessible city,” he says.
From Ahead, it is recalled that in 2017 an IU motion was approved to guarantee universal accessibility in the different establishments of the city, date on which the Urban Sustainability and Innovation Service “responded that these actions are planned within the technical assistance drafting of the Universal Accessibility Plan which is in the process of being awarded “. Taking into account that this plan has already been approved, Rojas asks to know if the accessible trade guide has already been prepared and if a sensitization and awareness campaign has been launched on this issue.
It also asks to know what steps are being taken by the Urban Planning and Environment Management to guarantee compliance with the Universal Accessibility ordinance and the sanctioning regime that the City Council has in this regard, in addition to knowing the number of sanctions imposed or claims raised in 2020 by citizens before the Accessibility Office.
Along the same lines, regarding the motion approved in 2018 by IU after which the “first call” was approved to help at least 300 businesses to eliminate architectural barriers and guarantee universal accessibility, with a budget of 300,000 euros, request information on the execution of the actions and projects carried out. In addition, it raises the continuity of these aid or the implementation of similar actions.
The aforementioned aids should be used exclusively for investments in universal accessibility within establishments related to the elimination of architectural barriers; handrails, ramps or treadmills; evacuation chairs for emergencies; installation of automatic doors; counters accessible to people with wheelchairs; adapted audiovisual supports; directories accessible in Braille or Arabic; directional tactile pavement or signage for the blind, among others.
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