PG spends money on the strangest things...

I agree Faxman. My residential,in town street still has not been plowed once this winter. What was the tab for this pathway bridge? Was this based on Sarah Palins "Bridge to Nowhere" ? Just askin'

What an odd project.
How much and who paid for it?

Should have rented some time on a Hundegger, can cut, shape and drill with mind boggling accuracy.

Is it just me or was this suppose to be installed over a month ago?

Really? PG spent money on this replica? But it's still a fake!

Whyyyyyyy?

Hey I know... why don't we raise a bunch of replica money (Monopoly money) and give it to some fake homeless people.

Then I'll pretend to feel good.

Who paid for it. All the property owners did.

I wonder if it will crumble like a cheese cake when they launch it.

As I understand it, the replica of the Cameron Street bridge will replace one of the pedestrian bridges in Cottonwood Island Park that were destroyed by flooding, so it will be functional, not just a thrill. The bulk of the funding comes from the Provincial Emergency Fund money for the restoration of the Park.

Oops, I meant "not just a frill", not "thrill". Better get more coffee.

Specialty plates that had to be ordered?
What a joke! Look at them, they're nothing more than a few pieces of steel any fabshop could've built.

"specialty plates that had to be ordered" may just mean that they aren't standard components available from any hardware store.

Dragonmaster - maybe they were ordered from a fabshop? ;-)

Mayor Says Spending Report Too Narrow in Scope
He is sure right about that..I heard this project cost 400 grand..could that be possible? Your tax $$ at work!

No, this is Prince George, remember?
Specialty items are only available from Vancouver. We have no local industry that is capable of producing such unique products as pieces of steel that are cut, punched, formed and welded. "special timbers" any one of the three thousand five hundred hobby sawmills in Prince George and area back yards are capable of cutting "specialty timbers" What a complete farce!
"concerns over creosote leaking into the ground? Give me a break!
If you ask me, the City must have consulted with a lawyer about the liability of spanning a dry waterway with a salvaged bridge. The lawyer would have had a fit, can you imagine the repercussions if a fish happened to look up while swimming lazily along this dry waterway, and a drop of creosote landed right in it's eye? Or of the horrific consequences of creosote laden timbers resting on the earth of that former City of Prince George landfill? Did they have a P.Eng. design the structure of this fake bridge? Will the waterway ever see water again? Will the Leafs win the cup?
Stay tuned.
metalman.

So $$ is being spent on what looks like to be an untreated douglas fir timber span bridge replica..Which will have to be treated somehow with creosote or some other cheimical if they want this thing to have a life past 10-15 years..(Providing the next ice jam doesnt take it out first.) Untreated doug fir guard rails on bridges only last about 10 years give or take.. So in 10-15 years are the tax payers going to have to replace this "replica".

On the other hand i do think this is a bit of a neat project..But a waste of $$ at this time.

Forgot to say, the finished product looks great in the picture, appears to be well built, good craftsmanship.
But still a waste of money IMO.
metalman.

Taxpayers, whether provincial or municipal, are not on the hook for the entire cost.

Telus made a donation at some level for this that was at around $130,000 in October
http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/17966/14/cottonwood+island+work++underway?id=&st=390

So those people who thought they were paying for telus services only, actually are paying for part of the Cottonwood Island rehabilitation, including this bridge.

Thankl you Mr. and Mr. J. Jones of Richmond BC for using Telus, and thank you Ms Holly Golitely of Port Moody for the taxes you paid to the province this year. :-)

I do not like replicas too much. Nothing like the real thing, even if it is not in the best of shpe any more.

Las Vagas has tons of replicas. The Eiffel tower is a true world wonder, as is the greast pyramid.

Lake Havasu, on the other hand, has the real thing - London Bridge, shipped stone by stone from England.

We badly need a wooden bridge "boneyard". The Kamloops area is nice and dry like the Mojave. :-)

http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/10/airplane-boneyard-in-the-mojave-desert

I think its a great idea. Some of you really need to quit whining.

Just for everyone's information, posters on this site do not "whine". They only make "observations". Got that? You should construe the majority of these comments as just plain ol' constructive criticism. I do.

We should keep in mind that the old creosoted timbers were part of the original bridge and we located over the open water of the Nechako River for many, many, years. Why that would be acceptable, and why other wooden creosoted bridges over rivers and streams in BC are acceptable but not this particular one makes on wonder about the sanity of those at City Hall.

There are a couple of bridges across the crooked river West of Bear Lake and every summer the creostoe leaks into the river. Seems no one gives a s..t.