Tbilisi streets become more accessible for people with disabilities
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A Georgian bank is investing 200,000 GEL to make it easier for people with disabilities to navigate central Tbilisi streets.
Four main avenues and five streets in central Tbilisi will soon be renovated to become more wheelchair-friendly, with financial support from the Bank of Georgia.
European-style wheelchair 650 ramps will be completed before November 15 this year to allow people with disabilities better access to Tbilisi's main streets.
"We have implemented a similar project on Vaja-Pshavela Avenue and it turned out to be a very successful project and we continued adaptation of four avenues and five streets," said director general of Bank of Georgia Irakli Gilauri.
"We are going to continue the project and make streets more comfortable for disabled people”, he said.
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