b'Accessible Dock Project UpdateWe are getting closer to completing the Accessible DockThis is a significant improvement over our existing and project for people with disabilities, people with temporarylimited seasonal dock. It will allow us to expand our current or permanent mobility challenges and older people.programs as well as our adaptive sailing and paddling Demand and need for accessible facilities runs higher onprograms. It will also facilitate further collaborations with Cape Cod than national averages due to our large olderlocal schools, universities and other organizations for population, and this demand is projected to increase as theshoulder season and off-season activities, increasing the population continues to age.overall capacity for program delivery.The Accessible Dock will consist of a 100 long pier thatFUNDRAISINGPROGRESS TO DATE Virtual - TBDwill be a permanent, stable, structure capable of safelyGOALsupporting large groups of people and wheelchairs all$300,000 3Design and Engineering moving to and from the vessels tied up at the float. The3Regulatory entities that pier will have a 20-foot viewing and staging platform at have issued eitherthe seaward end, which will enable people to enjoy thepermits or opinions:view of the Bay any time of year without interfering with$250,000 - Orleans Conservation Commissionprogram activities and will also provide storage space for- Pleasant Bay Alliancewheelchairs while participants are out on the water. ThisRAISED - Orleans, Brewster, will connect to a seasonal gangway and a 60-foot float that$200,000 to dateHarwich & Chathamwill be big enough to handle our boats and the Friend (our Public Safety Departmentsfloating classroom) at the same time. Plus, there will be two$167,167 (Fire chiefs)kayak launchers for adaptive paddling.$150,000- Mass. EPA - DEP (Department of This system will be connected to an accessible drop off Environmental Protection)- U.S. Army Corps area on Route 28, enabling people with physical disabilities$100,000 of Engineersand limitations to move safely and efficiently from their carsOngoing fundraising directly to a sailboat, a kayak or the Friend.The projectPresently out for bidsis fully compliant with all Americans With Disabilities Act$50,000 Construction begins (ADA) requirements and specificationsand will make56%Fall/Winter 2020PBCB the only ADA-compliant boating facility on PleasantRAISED Completion Spring 2021Bay and one of just a few on the Cape.If you are interested in donating to the project, please contact Abby Field, Associate Director, at fielda@pbcb.cc or (508) 948-7245.'