Queen's Marque bridge to be installed more than a month behind schedule
A floating bridge intended to detour pedestrians around the Queen's Marque construction zone along Halifax's waterfront won't be installed until the middle of June.
The Waterfront Development Corp. had hoped to get the temporary span in the water about three weeks ago.
The corporation has invested more than $800,000 on the 183-metre-long bridge that will extend from the Cable Wharf to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
Halifax resident Sarah Krawiec said she spends a lot of time on the waterfront in the summer. She has doubts the bridge will be a good replacement for the boardwalk which allowed her to stroll from the Cable Wharf to the Halifax Seaport Farmers' Market.
"I'm skeptical of the plans they have," said Krawiec.
"Before we used to walk from one part of town to another part of town on a complete boardwalk. Now, there's no accessibility and even the stuff that they have planned, I don't think it's going to take place soon."
The Waterfront Development Corp. admits construction will be an impediment for the next three years.
For now, pedestrians will be directed away from the construction site and up onto Lower Water Street and Bedford Row.
Murphy's boats tours will also be adjusting departure locations during construction. Of its fleet of seven vessels, a couple will continue to leave from Murphy's Wharf while the others will leave from the Salter Street parking area farther down the waterfront.
The Queen's Marque construction project is expected to be completed by 2020.
