BARELY two months after an underutilised pedestrian bridge in front of Malaysian Association for the Blind (MAB) in Brickfields was demolished, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) received a request to take down another pedestrian bridge in the neighbourhood. Another stakeholder in the area, N. Panchacharam, who owns the building next to where the pedestrian bridge is located, affirmed that the bridge was not used. The MAB bridge was demolished last month at a cost of RM300,000 following public complaints that it was unsafe and posed a threat to the blind community. A second bridge — located at Wisma Harapan and connecting to SK (P) Methodist Brickfields in Jalan Tun Sambanthan 4 — which had also been considered for demolition, was spared but its lift shaft was removed. Among the concerns raised about the MAB bridge include the placement of the structure, which posed a safety hazard, and difficulty faced by pedestrians using the bridge.

Source: The Star July 22, 2021 23:26 UTC