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00:00Is it possible or is it just a misfortune?

00:08The ramp in the new Edsa Busway Station in Quezon City is being built

00:12which is too narrow for PWDs.

00:15And it was suggested by Jonathan Andal in Barangay Saksi Online.

00:19Online.

00:23The streets are crowded.

00:25The benches beside the sidewalks are blocked.

00:28These are just a few of the problems that are being solved in the streets of Metro Manila.

00:33It is difficult, especially for persons with disabilities.

00:36This ramp in the new Edsa Busway Station in Quezon City was built for them.

00:41But it is being built because aside from being narrow, it is also dangerous.

00:46We asked the people online what they can say about this.

00:50Some answered that the people in wheelchairs are pitiful.

00:53It is possible that they are having a hard time because of the narrow and dangerous ramp.

00:57Others said that it is not important for PWDs and the elderly who use it.

01:07We went to the station earlier with Nelson, a wheelchair user of the Safe Haven group.

01:12From the benches, Nelson took the elevator up to the footbridge.

01:16But on the first ramp, when the lift came out...

01:21It is difficult.

01:23I can't do it.

01:24I really can't do it.

01:25They also tried the PWD ramp that was being complained about.

01:29I really can't try it.

01:32Why?

01:33Because it is too narrow.

01:35If I go straight there, there is a metal fence.

01:39If I go straight there, there is a metal fence.

01:42With the help of his companion, Nelson still tried to go down, but backwards.

01:48Can you do it?

01:49Yes, I can do it.

01:51Nelson even had to hold on to the railings to help his companion who broke one of his arms.

01:57It is really difficult.

01:58He really can't do it, even though he is a professional wheelchair user.

02:03It is really slippery and tight.

02:05It is really not standard.

02:08Sir who assisted, did you have a hard time?

02:11It is really a bit difficult.

02:14We showed the ramp to Architect Armand Eustaquio,

02:17one of the pioneers of the first amendment of the IRR or Implementing Rules and Regulations

02:22of the National Law 344 or the Accessibility Law.

02:27According to the law, the incline of PWD ramps should be only 4.8 degrees.

02:33But when he measured it using an inclinometer...

02:3614.15

02:38The difference is huge.

02:4010 degrees steeper.

02:4210 degrees steeper than 1 and 12.

02:45So it is really steep.

02:46It is really steep.

02:47Although there is a standard that is recommended,

02:49it is also stated in the law that the ramps that will be placed on overpasses and underpasses

02:55may not comply with the maximum gradient or angle standard.

02:59The MMDA said that they made this ramp because when the elevator goes up,

03:03it is not even on the footbridge.

03:05They said that they cannot raise the elevator because it will hit the MRT.

03:10The MRT has given a requirement that the ramp should be like this,

03:16that it should be parallel to our structure.

03:20So what happened is that it became a bit steep.

03:24They said that they have a solution for the ramp.

03:26They placed a railing to hold it so that it can be held.

03:30We are always told that it is difficult to climb our footbridges

03:34because they cannot access the loading stations.

03:37So that is the solution.

03:38They placed a railing.

03:39The problem is that the space is restricted.

03:43I hope that when they do this, they will consult us first

03:48because we are the ones using this.

03:50For GMA Integrated News, I am Jonathan Andan, your witness.

03:56Kapuso, let's be witnesses together.

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