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Text: pedestrian walkways must contain curb ramps or other sloped areas at intersections to streets, roads, or highways. Id. § 35.151(i) (emphasis added). 12 COHEN V. CITY OF CULVER CITY Together, these two regulations effectuate the ADA’s mandate that public entities make reasonable modifications to their programs and services to accommodate disabled persons. See Lane, 541 U.S. at 532. Congress recognized that it would be unreasonable to require a public entity to extensively renovate all of its existing facilities to bring itself into compliance with the ADA. See id. Once public entities choose to build new facilities or renovate existing ones, however, they can reasonably be required to do so in a manner that complies with “specific architectural accessibility standards.” Id. For this reason, § 35.150 does not require the City to build curb ramps at every corner during its transition to compliance with the ADA. See Frame v. City of Arlington, 657 F.3d 215, 232 (5th Cir. 2011) (en banc). When the City is already altering or building a sidewalk anyway, § 35.151 requires it to construct a curb ramp at every affected intersection because the additional cost of doing so is minimal. See id.