2-—- North Shore News — Wednesday, September 13, 2090 Pins for cables proved difficult to rem From previous page do Ryan, “Evervthing§ rime to move,” said Ryan, i . Yon was in place by 4 p.m. that ton unul around 8:30) p.m. went according to plan, it just : had practiced it in theo Connecting, new deck see. afternoon, he. Ebrahim referred to the didn’t go according fo sclcd ¥, but it was the first me they tions to pre-existing ones took here Was a delay scouring worked through the construction work as She said clots of hile erfurmed it.” Jonver than expected too — the old section in the uailer night, and the new section was experiment.” things” had gone wrong, he hanger pins which con again, Ryan said, because itwas that. was to remove it, but over: up by 2°30 am. Monday, but “We shouldnt be : Part of the delay came from) nect the bndge cables to the the first time workers had all Ryan said her office was needed to be bolted into place guinea-pigs,” he said. the ime it took worker ta deck were also very rusty. | attempted the job, happy with the way things went before safety checks were government had lots of reposition the jacking traveller Workers had to use a 50 ton The first deck section was on Saturday. made. options. amount of money -— the crane which fescers and jack te remove them, and each lowered at the north end of the Workers started again at 6 Ryan said that the bridge they’re spending, they could — litts deck sections. removal took three hours early Saturday morning. a.m. Sunday, but did not begin repairs are “a complicated pro- have built a new bridge.” “He just took them a long rather than the projected 15 The new replacement sec- to lower the second deck sec. ject. “It’s an old bridge, we knew there would be problems,” she said. She said the BCTFA had a choice when it was facing delays last weekend: to stop after replacing one deck or to fic wo in place, which would then ensure the safe passage of heavy vehicles like buses over the bridge. Ryan said the bridge was “not going, to be open unless it’s sate. We have very good safety checks in pla broken THREE school buses were vandalized on Friday night on Bowen Island. Police say approxiniately 50 youths were in the area when officers responded toa 12 p.m. call about vandalism and teenagers fighting _near Government Road and Union Road. . t Island Hearing Services, we have helped more than 40,000 people in our province 7 buses racked an the road here improve their quality of living through better hearing. If you’re looking for a hearing ae vandalized. 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