Woolworths accused of 'extremely dangerous' car park move at new store

  • 8 months ago
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A woman questioned Woolworths' commitment to disabled customers after being shocked by the layout of the parking lot in a new store in Southern Australia. Leonie Tagan, young woman using wheelchair, visited newly opened Barker Mount Woolworths and lined up in row near the entrance, but to find out that there are 14 parents with 14 parents with disabled parking place outside store. "Woolworths, you dropped the ball, very discriminatory," he said last week in an online video. Leonie Tagan explains that parking in front of the streets away from the entrance can be extremely dangerous. There were several more areas for disabled people in front of Pram parking spaces, but they would have to pass the traffic to reach the store. "This is extremely dangerous," Mrs. Tagan said in Tiktok video. "If [Park at the entrance] had been occupied, I would have go back to traffic, and it's really hard for cars or cars see me." Calls for Woolyies to consult the disability community Nationals agreed standards and national construction code, both, dictates that organizations should follow certain regulations in the case of sufficient accessible parking space. "Inclusive communities are important to avoid combining the difficulty of isolation faced with disabled people," Yahoo News told Australia on Tuesday. MS Tagan made a follow -up video to Tiktok on Monday and said that the disabled community was concerned about "generally ignored". Someone, "This is the same for Clarkson [Western Australia] new. The other" Top Ryde [Sydney] Shopping Center, Woolworths online Pick up points for disabled car points further away, "he said. In order prevent this in future, Mr. Morris called Woolworths to exhibit commitment include design processes for Mount Barker Mount Barker location. " Woolworths Working to make parking changes After receiving feedback about parking areas in MT Barker store, a Woolworths spokesman said Yahoo News that store was working with landlord to add two disability parking spaces adjacent to front entrance. "This change will be completed in the coming weeks," he said. Pram parking lots are not accessible to everyone Hundreds of people responded to MS Tagan's original video and many of them were wondering if they could use children's car parks instead. According to national standards, parking spaces will have a special area next to the park for loading and unloading wheelchairs with a length of 2400mm x 5400mm. In NSW, those with disabilities can look for accessible parking in their communities through Park'npay application. Morris hopes that governments in all judicial regions will support millions of people with disabilities throughout the country to participate in their communities more easily through similar initiatives.

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