07-04-2019 20:47 via kvoa.com

Court OKs dismantling accessibility system on Venice bridge

ROME (AP) — An Italian court has authorized the city of Venice to dismantle egg-shaped cars and tracks that were designed to make a Grand Canal bridge accessible to people with disabilities and hardly been used.
The mobility system was added to the Ponte della Constituzione (Constitution Bridge) at a cost of about 2 million euros (about $2.3 million) and hasn’t worked well since it started running in 2013.
Visitors complained it was slow and the cars were unbearably hot during the su
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