Marcie Shwery-Stanley has been an advocate here in Cape Breton for people living with disabilities for 39 years. She has served on advisory boards and committees at every level of government. But her work is just beginning. This fall CBRM, along with every municipality other in Nova Scotia, will create a plan to make the built environment completely accessible to all. Some jurisdictions have already created their roadmap. Wolfville and Kentville have already submitted their plans to the Department of Justice. CBRM's committee will meet for the first time next month. There's lots of work to do starting with elements most people would think have already been addressed. We are talking today about Crosswalks and the buttons we press to cross the street. An Accessible Pedestrian Signal (APS) provides auditory, visual and tactile information so that a person with vision and/or hearing loss, or physical disabilities will know when it’s safe (i.e., when the walk phase begins) to cross at a set of traffic signals. In addition, an APS may provide information to help a person with blindness travel in a straight line across a street or roadway. While there are a few in the community, they are far from the standard. Many don't have guiding sounds, some are simply mounted too high on the poll for everyone to reach. At George street and Wentworth for instance the recommended height for Accessible pedestrian signals is between 1000 and 1250 millimeters no more than 37 inches This one is 57 inches off the sidewalk height. I met Marcie there to see if she could reach it from her wheelchair.