Work to upgrade the Lions Gate and Ironworkers Memorial bridges to meet federal safety standards is in the design phase, province says.
As investigators look to untangle how a reported power failure caused a large shipping vessel to topple the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, it’s only natural for people living on the North Shore to consider what could happen in a similar event close to home.
Much of the response to such a disaster would depend on what actually happened, with the impacts of the situation guiding the response, Ma said. The province would also have access to funds under the Emergency and Disaster Management Act, Ma said. “We work really closely with all of the heavy industry along the port space,” Dicken said. “We also work really closely with TransLink , who can move goods and services, and there are fully exercised plans in place where we’ve gone as far as to exercise what it looks like to move goods, services and human resources around, on and off the North Shore.”
Six years ago, plans were announced to build up a rock berm around the base of the Lions Gate’s south tower. The province also declared plans to install a steel barrier to protect the Ironworkers’ trusses, and in-water structures to redirect a ship drifting off course back to the centre of the channel.
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