A number of loose bolts have been discovered on the new stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge.
The bolts are holding the safety barriers in place in a pedestrian pull-out about mid-span on the east side of the bridge.
Global News found about a dozen of the nuts that could easily be unscrewed by hand.
A construction industry spokesperson says the discovery is a cause for concern and there is a requirement for rigorous final inspection to be made before a major structure like the bridge is opened to the public.
“We need to have confidence that other things weren’t missed,” Chris Gardner with the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association said.
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“So this is something the Ministry of Transportation needs to get on right away with the contractor, with the inspectors, to make sure this is resolved and there wasn’t anything else that was missed.”
Wendy Itagawa is the project manager on the bridge and she said the structure is entirely safe.
She told Global News that the bolts are like that because of ongoing work.
“There still are some temporary panels in place that need to be custom-fit for the final fencing,” she said.
“We know that there are about 30 panels of the 500 that need to be tightened, but we can’t do that until the final alignment and adjustments of the fencing is completed.”
It’s safe…until an accident occurrs.
Despite reassurances, this is an extremely serious matter. A third party needs to be brought in to do a thorough inspection and the bill needs to be paid by the original contractor.
Nuts that size could easily kill someone falling from the bridge — and they would eventually fall because vibration would eventually rattle them completely off.
Then there’s the damage from an actual bridge piece falling.
The stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge… Oh, you mean the Pattullo Bridge. We didn’t rename the Lions Gate bridge when is was essentially rebuilt, so why change the name on this bridge — especially to something unpronounceable.
Google Maps identifies it as the Riverview Bridge. I’m OK with that, if it must be renamed. I guarantee that I’ll never refer to it as the stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge.
wHERE IS this bridge and how is the name of it pronounced?
How can you tell it’s a slow News Day? When twelve (12) loose bolts make the headlines. Twelve, of how many? In a very specific area, causing no issue, except for a “concerned” citizen and a bored “reporter”. Lets find the culprit and fire them.
Maybe next time they should spend less money on social justice naming projects and more on civic engineers
SEND THE NATIVES OUT THERE TO REPAIR IT !!! PROBABLY THE FIRST JOB THEY HAVE EVER DONE. L A Z Y F/ KS !!!
It looks like “JV” has a little too much time on his hands. Maybe take a break from your mom’s basement and get a job. You’re just making a fool of yourself.
Simon don’t give these Naz1 scumbags any ideas. It’s not like any of them actually leave their trailers anyways
This bridge was built by Fraser Crossing Partners, a joint venture comprising Acciona and Aecon. The project was overseen by the Transportation Investment Corporation.
Hmm looks like the only connection to First Nations people is the name you f**cking idiot. Damn these white nationalists are stupid. First they can’t pronounce the name of the bridge and second they don’t even know who built it 🤣🤣
“We know that there are about 30 panels of the 500 that need to be tightened, but we can’t do that until the final alignment and adjustments of the fencing is completed.”
Strange attitude to safety, hoping no idiot comes by and removes the nuts/bolts.
Why did you not use the correct name. Riverview bridge
Loose bolts have been a part of indigenous bridge building since time immemorial.
And I thought French was Canada’s only second language.
I hope “JV” gets some help. There’s a lot of self hatred there. It’s really pretty sad.
Acciona strikes again. How is the company allowed to build anything here?
How much do you wanna bet that some white trash freedumb fighter is loosening the bolts on purpose
Yeah sorry we don’t name bridges after white colonizers anymore. We don’t celebrate genocidal child molesters in Canada
Amy is a stupld redneck bltch
omg the drama hour at it again.
Can we get a pronunciation guide? Also, why isn’t the S capitalized? Was this bridge named by e e cummings? We’ve been naming stuff after Native words and places for centuries (Canada for one example) in this country, so that’s not the issue. It’s the insistence that everything be “decolonized,” even spelling and punctuation, that irks most of us. English and French are our two official languages – period.
Wendy Itagawa is a clown!
When the bolts fall off and an emergency happens;
Dispatcher to caller; where are you located?
I am on the bridge, the name I can’t pronounce. It has upside down or backwards “e” ‘s.
And Jack’s comment below, exactly how it is now in this province.
PS to ALL, before you vote municipal this year, look up which candidates will change every street name, and give away your land.
Lol look at all the white trash folks that are too stupid to pronounce the name of the new bridge 🤣
On what bridge?
Where is this bridge? Pretty poor journalism and editing.
What country is this bridge in?
How can you post an article on your national website and never ONCE mention even what province it is in?
The article needs to say where this bridge is located.
So some loose bolts were found on a bridge under construction.
What kind of journalistic ballbagery is this ? This is news ?
This is really irresponsible reporting. Now some yahoo is going to go there and deliberately remove nuts and possibly cause an incident.
A pending “Memorial” bridge?
Pattullo 2.0
Anyone could have loosened them, shoddy work I would say
Mr. Willis you have a really, really good question. I figure that industry standards DO NOT APPLY when an indigenous person manages or runs these kinds of jobs. Never used to be a person who was a racist until every race wanted to run this country.
I was a millwright supervisor and QC for big construction jobs including site c and industry standards when building ? Regarding the new bridge wich was found to have loose nuts holding the structure, is to torque all bolts and then there is a specific way they are marked with a paint pen on every bolt to be monitored if it loosens , my question is why was these industry standards not applied