Disability access to be improved at CASH with elevator
…plans on stream to improve access to all sport facilities
Keeping the disabled population in mind, an elevator will soon be installed at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH), Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown; Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr revealed on Saturday.
At the time of the revelation, the Sport Minister was fielding questions from sport media operatives during his year-end review – the particular question in focus: whether or not the recently-renovated Sports Hall will be outfitted for easy access to disabled persons, especially those who are wheelchair bound.
Highlighting that the facility already carries wheelchair ramps at the entrances, Ramson Jr went on to divulge plans on how access to the top floor and VIP boxes in the Sports Hall will be accommodated.
He explained, “If you go out to just the west of here, you’ll see there’s a space for an elevator. So, we haven’t purchased that as yet, we’re going to do that, but the entire infrastructure – right now there’s just a wood flooring section, that’s just a temporary section, but below that you have another three feet in the ground that’s already prepared for when we purchase the elevator.”
An elevator is expected to be installed at the Sports Hall for better disability access
The Sport Minister went on to reveal plans to execute similar projects at other sport facilities as he emphasised the need to not only standardise Guyana’s sport venues but to also make them accessible to all.
“In fact, we want all of our facilities now, it’s something that we’re looking to do, which is really to get the standardisation towards our facilities where they’re catering for wheelchair access,” Ramson Jr divulged.
Thus far, the Sports Hall has seen renovations in excess of $300 million with the installation of air conditioning, the revamping of the VIP boxes and dressing rooms, addition of an anti-doping room, improved roofing and the complete overhaul of the building’s facade being the projects at the forefront.
In addition to the elevator revelation, the Sport Minister divulged plans to install bucket seats and provide extra seating by building stands to the southern end of the building as part of future projects at the Sports Hall before its renovation can be wholly completed.
