Chilliwack : The City of Chilliwack announced that the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre has achieved a Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certified Gold rating under the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification™ (RHFAC) program.
RHFAC helps improve accessibility in the places people live, work, learn, and play. The rating and Gold certification cover the entire 56,000 square-foot building, including the swimming pools, fitness area, meeting rooms, aerobics studio, and restaurant, as well as the outside area entrances, parking lots, pathways, transit stops, and outdoor water play area.
In order to receive Gold level rating, several accessibility improvements were implemented, including:
- The addition of a new fully accessible changeroom with a new lift and powered height adjustable shower bed.
- The upgrade of the existing accessible changeroom to include a new lift.
- The addition of new water wheelchairs.
- Automatic door openers with proximity sensors.
- Braille wayfinding signage and other new signage throughout the facility.
- The creation of an area of refuge, complete with emergency communications.
- The addition of hearing loops to meeting rooms.
City staff will continue to investigate opportunities to make City facilities more accessible. To learn more about the Mayor’s Task Force on Inclusion, Diversity, and Accessibility Action Plan, please visit chilliwack.com/inclusion.
