By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

Crews are removing a damaged bridge in park north of Qualicum

Sep 16, 2017 | 10:31 AM

QUALICUM BEACH — The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) expects an old bridge at Little Qualicum River Regional Park to be torn down by Monday (Sept. 17).

The bridge in the Dashwood area north of Qualicum Beach was damaged in 2014 and has been closed off since.

The RDN’s manager of parks services Wendy Marshall said installing a new bridge is still a long way off.

“We’re in our budget process right now of looking at all of the projects for next year. It will take quite a few months going through the committee’s to determine what we will be doing next year,” Marshall told NanaimoNewsNOW.

Marshall said the damaged bridge is the only link that crosses Little Qualicum River in the park.

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Originally, the RDN board had looked at upgrading the bridge at an estimated cost of more than $420,000.

However, replacing the crossing altogether at a price of around $700,000 was thought to be more cost effective.

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