In 2022, the Town of Truro, Municipality of Colchester, Village of Bible Hill, Town of Stewiacke, and the Village of Tatamagouche (the ‘entities’) collaborated to develop our first Regional Accessibility Plan for the Truro-Colchester Region (the Region).Barriers to accessibility were assessed across the Region resulting in a list of recommendations to guide accessibility improvements throughout the Region.
In 2024, we decided that the 2022 Regional Accessibility Plan was due for a review and update. This was to ensure better alignment of commitments to accessibility with the priorities of the community and our capacity to implement them. We retained the accessibility consulting firm Left Turn Right Turn (LTRT) to support the Regional Plan review and update process.
As a third party, LTRT connected with staff members, the Regional Accessibility Advisory Committee, council and commission members, and members of the public to gain a better understanding of the successes and challenges of implementing the recommendations from the 2022 plan. LTRT also engaged the public to solicit feedback on what is working well in our communities when it comes to accessibility, and on priority areas of improvement for accessibility across the Region. The insights shared through these meetings and community engagements informed this updated Regional Accessibility Plan.
The commitments made in this plan reflect: The needs and priorities of people with disabilities living in the Region. Realistic actions we can take to improve accessibility Actions focused on capacity building to ensure the Region’s efforts to improve accessibility are sustainable. We recognize that accessibility is an ongoing and evolving process. Full implementation of this plan will not mean that the Truro-Colchester region has achieved ‘full’ accessibility. However, it will make the Region more accessible than it was before, and this is a meaningful step in the process.
pdf Regional Accessibly Plan - Full Version(2.88 MB)
pdf Regional Accessibility Plan- Plain Language Summary(6.76 MB)
