Slow construction of a
special lane for disabled residents near the Redemptorist Vocational School
for Persons with Disabilities is not only causing hardship for
wheelchair-bound students, but also has become increasingly dangerous.
Jetsada Homklin
Slow construction of a special lane for disabled residents near the
Redemptorist Vocational School for Persons with Disabilities is causing
hardship for wheelchair-bound students who must navigate broken roads and
obstacles.
Pattaya last year allocated more than 3 million baht for the path from Big C
Extra on Central Road down Soi Paniadchang to the Redemptorist Center.
Father Ray Foundation wards expecting the lane to be separated from traffic
by a barrier already were disappointed by the revelation it wouldn’t be
separated by anything more than a painted line. Now, they don’t even have
that.
A spokesperson from city hall admitted that construction on the lane, which
began in January, is going quite slow because there are not enough labors at
this construction site.
Redemptorist graduate Kuagoon Piyawong, who now works at a mobile-phone
booth at the school, and school graphic artist Mongkol Kawrut said they and
others using wheelchairs on the street are having great difficulties as the
street is damaged and full of potholes. At night, they have to attach
flashlights to their chairs so they can be seen by cars when they navigate
around parked cars blocking their route.
