Authorities warn against public viewing of Canberra bridge this weekend.
A bridge from the Glenloch Interchange near Yarramundi Reach is being demolished with explosives on Saturday. Two bridges were made redundant when the Glenloch Interchange was upgraded as part of the Gungahlin Drive Extension. One of the bridges was destroyed two years ago and the second will be demolished on Saturday.
Roads ACT director Tony Gill says a one kilometre exclusion zone will be set up, and the Black Mountain Nature Reserve will be closed to the public, as well as parts of Weston Park. He says the destruction of the bridge will be a big exercise.
“The logistics of it are fairly significant and obviously there’s the safety to the general public which is a major consideration, hence why we haven’t gone out of our way about advertising the fact that the bridge is being demolished,” he said.
Mr Gill is urging people to stay well away from the area. “It’s not a public spectacle and public safety is a paramount consideration,” he said. “We don’t want people looking at it for their own safety.
“We just have to go back not too far in Canberra’s recent history (to learn) about the consequences of demolition activity”, he said referring to the tragic death of 12-year-old Katie Bender, who was killed by a piece of flying debris during the implosion of the old Canberra Hospital in 1997.
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