PhilipBrown replied on Permalink
My question about this fiasco is really simple. Why is it that weather-protected pedestrian bridges have been built over the Queensway without any of this muss and fuss but Ottawa can't get it right over the Airport Parkway? Why not use a slightly larger version of the tried and true technology used in those bridges (expanded to add the cycling lanes)? I suspect the answer, not yet mentioned in the media reports, is that a key part of the mandate was to make it a "work of art", and not just a functional bridge. When functionality takes a back seat to artistry in construction projects, debacles like this can only be expected.