There were no schematics drawn up in a board room, no funding announcements by smiling politicians, not even a rezoning application to city council.
And yet, Abbotsford has a new walkway traversing a creek and connecting two parts of the city.
Const. Pat Kelly was on a routine patrol when he discovered the bridge constructed out of shopping carts, plywood, pallets and a carpet 91Ƶ 91Ƶobviously for ease of travel,91Ƶ he says.
The Abbotsford Police bike squad member stumble upon the engineering feat under Highway 1, near the junction of
91ƵI come around the corner and I91Ƶm just shocked to see that,91Ƶ he says.
On Tuesday, he tweeted a picture of the bridge, captioned 91ƵThe ingenuity amazes me.91Ƶ
The ingenuity amazes me
91Ƶ Cst Pat Kelly APD (@CstKelly)
Kelly suspects the bridge was built by one or more homeless people seeking an easier route between Vedder Way and Riverside Road and the Riverside Shelter, run by the Lookout Society.
The bike squad91Ƶs primary focus is dealing with Abbotsford91Ƶs homeless and Kelly says this isn91Ƶt the first time he91Ƶs been impressed by clever solutions to unique problems.
91ƵThe creativity that they have in their tents along with these types of things would boggle the mind. They can become very creative.91Ƶ
But the new bridge, located on Ministry of Transportation land is an illegal structure, built with stolen property. Kelly said the ministry will be notified and will likely send out a crew to dismantle it.
91ƵTaking it apart would be interesting, to say the least.91Ƶ
kelvin.gawley@abbynews.com
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