RELEASED: 17 May 2019 at 04:27
CHON BURI: It was difficult to think of how the handicapped might wheel themselves up a pedestrian bridge till the accomplishment was effectively finished in Pattaya just recently.
The first-ever hi-tech overpass makes this once-difficult job for the handicapped as simple as pushing buttons on a transparent elevator.
The 14.5-million-baht bridge, situated over an underpass at the Sukhumvit-Pattaya Klang crossway in Chon Buri, formally opened on Thursday, with Transportation Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith commanding the event.
Each year, Pattaya brings in 85 million Thai and foreign travelers and “more than 100,000 handicapped individuals likewise check out the city every year”, Mr Arkhom stated.
Their numbers were big enough to trigger the requirement for centers for them, he stated.
Currently, wheelchair-bound individuals might just get themselves of lifts at some skytrain stations in Bangkok. Pedestrian bridges appear to be constructed just for those in excellent physical condition, however not the handicapped. Nevertheless, observers state the brand-new 42-metre-long overpass, constructed by the Rural Roadways Department, will guarantee that brief journeys made by the handicapped will be problem-free.
A handicapped male takes pleasure in smooth travel along a contemporary overpass created to make crossing simple for individuals of any ages and physical conditions. PICTURES BY Tawatchai Kemgumnerd
