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| Photo: SMRT Facebook Page |
SMRT arranged for a special familiarization tour of the Woodlands
Temporary Bus Interchange for its the wheelchair-bound and visually impaired
Woodlands residents on Monday morning.
The tour allowed for the special group of patrons to acquaint
themselves with facilities such as ramps, tactile paving, and priority
queue zones at boarding areas, to help find their way before the temporary bus
interchange is open to public.
Members of the Singapore
Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) and Handicaps Welfare Association,
were accompanied by Parliamentary
Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Member of Parliament for
Sembawang GRC, Amrin Amin.
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| Photo: SMRT Facebook Page |
“This morning, we boarded and alighted buses, tried
handicapped toilets and went up the ramp. I found wheeling-up the ramp the
hardest part.”
Mr Amrin had requested to make the visit to the temporary
interchange on a wheelchair to understand the perils faced by the handicap
residents.
“I am happy that we got round the temporary Woodlands Bus
Interchange on our wheelchairs with ease,” he added on a Facebook post.
The temporary Woodlands Bus Interchange will be
operate starting 12 March as the current Singapore bus interchange is to be refurbished.
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