Langley City crews have removed a second pedestrian bridge for renovation work.
The 30-metre pedestrian bridge near 208th Street was lifted out by a crane and transported to a shop where old lead-based paint can be safely stripped off away from the fish-bearing Nicomekl River that runs underneath it and the deck can be rebuilt.
It was the latest removal of a pedestrian bridge for remediation following the same treatment given another 40-year old pedestrian bridge across the Nicomekl earlier this year, which was removed for sandblasting, repainting and re-decking, then returned.
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Langley City Director of Engineering, Parks and Environment Rick Bomhof said that the first bridge was in “excellent structural condition” during a report to City council on March 8.
The second bridge is expected to be back in place in about five weeks, Bomhof estimated.
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Paint is not an issue with newer Langley City pedestrian bridges, such the two that replaced a pair of wooden walking structures in 2018, which don’t require repainting and won’t have to be removed in years to come.
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