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Your Friendly Park
Friendly parks should be designed to
provide interaction and bonding through recreation to enable more persons
with disabilities to participate in a greater variety of activities as
well as to allow them to enjoy the great outdoor spaces. Beyond that sufficient
seating and pavilions should be provided for users to pause and rest, or
to seek shelter from the weather. Last but not least, all parks should
be made safe, usable and accessible to all users.
Footpaths
Main accessible footpaths feature floor surfaces that are stable, firm, slip-resistant and durable.
Park Connectors
Accessible park connectors for both cyclists and pedestrians.
Pedestrian Crossings
Accessible pedestrian crossings connected to facilities within the park.
Pavillions
Accessible pavilion connected to the main footpaths.
Entrance Gates
Entrance gates with visual and tactile profile elements for the blind or partially visually impaired.
Playground
Shock-proofed floor surface
Play equipment with rounded edges
Playground for children of all ages and abilities.
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