ADA Notice to the Public

Tennessee Department of Transportation Notice under the Americans with Disabilities Act

In accordance with the requirements of title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or activities.

Employment: TDOT does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment practices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission under Title I of the ADA.

Effective Communication: TDOT will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in TDOT’s
programs, services, and activities, including qualified sign language interpreters, documents in Braille, and other ways of making information and communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing, or vision impairments.

Modifications to Policies and Procedures: TDOT will make all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs, services, and activities. For example, individuals with service animals are welcomed in TDOT offices, even where pets are generally prohibited.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity of TDOT, should contact the office of Shanna Chevalier,
Statewide ADA Technical Specialist, as soon as possible, but no less than (10) days prior to the scheduled event.

The ADA does not require the TDOT to take any action that would fundamentally alter the nature of its programs or services or impose an undue financial or administrative burden.

Complaints that a program, service, or activity of TDOT is not accessible to persons with disabilities should be directed to Shanna Chevalier, Statewide ADA Technical Specialist.

TDOT will not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the cost of providing auxiliary aids/services or reasonable modifications of policy, such
as retrieving items from locations that are open to the public but are not accessible to persons who use wheelchairs.

Shanna Chevalier                                                                                                                                                                                        Statewide ADA Technical Specialist                                                                                                                                                              Phone: 615-741-04654                                                                                                                                                                                          TTY (Statewide): 800-833-5833                                                                                                                                                                        Email: TDOT.ADACompliance@tn.gov                                                                                                                                                             

Alternate formats and communication assistance are available upon request.