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This is located where the new apartments near Malden Center are being built. I have more close up pictures of the problem. Basically, the ramp does not fit the sidewalk properly and there's a several inch drop from the top of the ramp to the ground. The ramp does not provide adequate stability for people with wheelchairs or walkers to move onto the sidewalk safely. A wheelchair can flip over or someone with vision and depth perception issues can step off the ramp improperly and get hurt. Not to mention the sidewalk is dirt with a bunch of big, loose rocks that can get stuck in wheels or cause a fall. After using the ramp to get onto the sidewalk, in order to get off the other end of the sidewalk, there is no ramp (not pictured) so people with wheelchairs would have to take another drop off (although the gap is not as large as is seen in the picture provided.) Please require the company to provide safe and adequate options for people of all abilities to navigate around their construction site.