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[Type of recreation element] Canoe/kayak/boat launch:
- wider route so someone can hand wheel boat on dolly to launch pulling boat next to them if they are in a wheelchair or two person carry down - accessible surface to waters edge and into water at launch - more gentle slopes for easier entry and exit when hand wheeling a boat - some type of "rack" to stabilize boat at a transferable height then some type of mechanism/roller system to move, while seated in the boat, into the water - some means of transfer assistance such as overhead bars - some type of wench system to help pull boat out of water back into the rack to exit/transfer out. - if there is a dock provide a transfer system on the dock so someone can bump down to be seated on the dock to transfer over to a boat in the water that is in some type of a stabilizer rack - adaptive kayaks available for use - shore station with a platform (instead of "V" rack) with a transfer system on the deck of the shore station, located next to a dock so someone could roll/get on the platform and lower it to the right level to transfer into a boat
Lapeer County Community Foundation - Access to Nature
Universal Recreation Access Design Concepts to consider in the project evaluation process. Things to look for.