Petaling Jaya's first disabled-friendly park

MBPJ councillor Sia Siew Chin (second right) trying to manoeuvre between the poles, which was specially designed to deter motorcycles from entering the park, while Damansara Utama assemblyman Yeo Bee Yin (right) and Zuraidah (left) looks on at the Taman Aman park.

TAMAN Aman, located along Jalan 22/44, has become Petaling Jaya’s first fully disabled-friendly park, complete with tactiles, ramps and other barrier-free facilities.

The park has undergone some major changes, with ramps constructed and walkways widened from 1.5m to 2m.

MBPJ also installed a chess game piece at a park gazebo.

“We put in 230m of braille tiles to line the pathway throughout the park. It cost about RM320,000 in total to make the park disabled-friendly,” said Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) Landscape Department director Zuraidah Sainan.

MBPJ has also allocated RM2mil to make other parks in the city disabled-friendly.

In total, there are 464 parks under MBPJ’s jurisdiction with eight major parks, including Taman Aman.

The other seven parks are Taman Bandaran, Taman Jaya, Taman Rimba Riang, Taman PJS10, Taman Ara Damansara. Taman Urban Park and Taman Bukit Gasing.