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Originally Posted by Ramsayfarian
When the bridge is old, people will be too busy complaining about the badly faded paint and discoloured glass.
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All things get old.
I think the shift and reductions in complaints is quite telling. Some of the same people who were complaining about the location / need are now complaining that even at 20' wide it is sometimes over capacity with pedestrians walking into the bicycle lanes, etc. It is important to note that the incumbent crossing under the train bridge is very narrow, and the limitations there were beyond nuisance and into unsafe territory.
One of the yearly activities at Prince's Island / the pathways that I always participate in is the
World Partnership Walk. With several thousand people, it was always a nightmare to cross the river. Looking forward for the updated path to hopefully be using the Peace Bridge this year. If interested to seeing how the new bridge works for such an event, turn up on June 10th. I think it starts at 11am usually, though you get to hear the mayor (likely again this year) before that. The event is free (even if you choose not to fund raise for international development, the designated cause) and is basically a festival, with live entertainment starting around noon or soon thereafter (as walkers return from the circuit). I hear the food trucks will also be there this year, but I digress.