Balderdash. Smoke and Mirrors, and assinine statements.

The Prince George Mueseum and the Heritage people have had discussions with the City with regards to saving part of this bridge. In fact the argument put forward by these organizations was that the City indicated that the bridge could not be repaired, and they therefore settled for a portion of the bridge to be set aside and set up in Cottonwood Park.

The fact that the City personel downplayed the fact that the Bridge could be repaired for $750,000.00, was a big factor in us not hearing much from either the Railway Museum people or the Heritage people. The fact that this was and is a heritage bridge has been downplayed from the get go.

The fact that the bridge could have been and still can be repaired for approx $1 Million is also being ignored.

This City is a haven for Rip Van Winkles, most people here have been asleep for over 50 years, and it appears will continue to sleep for another 50 years. Meanwhile those that manage to stay awake. Politicians, Developers, Real Estate, etc; continue to sack the town.

Hey Pal I see your at your best again this morning. You said it all.

And they actually want us to believe that the bridge can be built on an estimate of 9.5 million that was done a number of years ago. It doesnt get much dummer.

I would however like to suggest if they keep a section of the bridge for heritage purposes it could be kept up the Mares a...s.

Cheers

"...put over an imitation creek..."

No need to spend money on that: There is an identical-twin of the Cameron Street Bridge well preserved and in daily use as a footbridge in Quesnel, of all places! Visible from the highway and next to the newer concrete bridge to West Quesnel!

Just affix a plaque to the new Cameron Street Bridge that shows a picture of the old one with highway directions to Quesnel!

And don't forget to rename it. Guess who?

***THE KINSLEY CONNECTOR***

The new Quesnel bridge didn't use the one pilings. The new Cameron Street bridge will use the existing pilings. Pull the old wooden Cameron Street bridge down and sell anyone a board that wants one and burn the rest.
Enough time has been wasted on this one. People that used to have to pass when that bridge used to be two way do not have any love for that old bridge. Quit trying to make people living a fantasy that the rest of us never had about that bridge. It was poorly designed and a head ache from day one.

To true heritage citizens that was never the Cameron Street Bridge, it was the Old Nechako Bridge. It has never officially been named as the Cameron Street Bridge but continued usage has it drummed into people that it is correct.
We are losing our heritage; that should properly be a foot and cyclist bridge and should be preserved as it is where it is.
Carney street does not need to be widened, traffic should not be flowing through the centre of the City. The whole fiasco is shortsighted and is a result of political pressure on the Mayor and Co.
This error can never be corrected and it keeps the City having a "small town attitude" instead of a City that is forward looking. A City that treasures its' heritage, the natural beauty of two rivers; the parkland that could be reclaimed by the rivers; the preservation of downtown and residential neighbourhoods; a city that values all its' citizens; a city that doesn't have a knee jerk reaction to political pressure groups.
It is a sad day for Prince George and that the Provincial and Federal governments have bought into it shows their lack of reserach and understanding of traffic patterns and appreciation for the natural surroundings of this City.

Kingsley suggests "Part of the old bridge could be put over an imitation creek" Might I be so bold as to suggest that the planks in the bridge decking be laid over some of the more noticable potholes in the city streets. Of course an appropriate plaque could be errected stating that this is a hertitage site and is in loo of fixing the potholes with a 4% (shown on a separate line) tax increase. This way we could be "Green" also as the wooden bridge would not be burned, thus preserving our pristine air quality. By gum, I think the mayor is onto something here.

It is not a matter of the bridge being poorly designed, YDPC, remember how long it has been in place, before the pulpmills, and before all the major expansions around here and up north. It was probably just fine when it was built, now it is too narrow, and too old.
Get rid of it, put a new, two lane on the pilings, and be flipping done! Either that, or keep it for pedesstarians and pycholists, and put up a new one down stream a ways, to create the dangerous goods route we know we need. And don't make Carney the truck route, that's dumb.
metalman.

Foo738 has it right.

We already have two other bridges across the Nechako. To fix up the Nechako Bridge to handle one lane traffic for 1 Million dollars, is no big deal, and should have been done at least a year ago. In addition I would have spent another 1 Million to upgrade the bridge so that it looked a lot better.

What we are going to end up with is a two lane steel structure bridge on the old cement piers, and we will handle the same traffic we used to handle on the original bridge. The tragedy is that we will lose the old bridge, and of course spend $13 Million dollars unnecessarily.

A lot of people could care less about this bridge and many other things that make a difference in a City, and of course that is why we will forever be referred to as a small hick town, in the middle of nowhere, with a bunch of beer drinking, hat on backwards, pick-up driving, wind breaking, mall strolling, semi-rednecks.

Utopia for a lot of people in this town is a case of beer, a hockey game, trip to the casino, and bobs your uncle.

Here is what one “expert” says in the article entitled “How Long Will The Beetle Wood Last?” which was posted on this site:

"The harvest level for the affected areas of the interior is set at 54 million meters per year today, will drop to 37 million sometime in the next few years and 25 million after that. Your average size mill today uses about 1 million meters per year so I guess that’s like saying 29 mills the size of Carrier / PG Sawmill / Winton/ etc will disappear over the next - what - 5 to 10 years”

We may disagree on exactly how many plants will shut down, but I think it is evident some in PG will shut down in the next 5 to 10 years, likely even a pulp mill.

So, which ones will shut down, the ones which are difficult to get to, are of concern to the City duw to air quality, have not been upgraded lately.

I think the plants along River Road fit that description rather than plants in the BCR and plants in the outlying area of PG.

It is quite likely that we will end up with a bridge built primarily for industry, with considerably reduced industrial traffic in the future.

Ooooh Pila pew, thems fightin words!
I assume you yourself are not a beer swilling, farting, pick up truck owner, nor would you be caught dead wearing a hat backwards while stolling through the mall in your wigger cloths, but neither am I ! There are still a lot of right thinking people around (read: people who agree with my opinions) But, I will admit that we are becoming outnumbered. SO, what kind of cloth are you cut from? Did you just come here to make some money then bail out and move to Kelowna? Or are you a real
Northern Man/Woman/Other?
metalman.