How Fredericton handles a walking trail under a bridge in need of repair
Posted by Lamespotting on 16 May 2010 at 09:43 pm | Tagged as: Fredericton
Both Fredericton and Saint John have a similar problem: a rickety old bridge that needs repair. They also both have a walking trail underneath and a liability of concrete falling off the bridge and onto the trail users below. Saint John simply decided to close the trail, which angered a lot of people. Fredericton on the other hand built this:
A scaffolding cage similar to the kind that you see on sidewalks when they are working on the facades of buildings. That should hold up to pretty much anything short of the bridge landing on it.
* Keen eyes will also see that the bridge’s catwalk is being held together with old tourism signs featuring the Keddy’s (a defunct local hotel/motel chain) logo.
When the choice is the possibility of severe head trauma or not being able to take a nice stroll you pick the head trauma every time.
lol…i was there the other day…lol