Johnson Street Bridge Victoria BC This website is one step on an awareness campaign. We are a growing group of concerned Victoria and CRD residents who feel Victoria's Johnson Street Bridge or "Blue Bridge" is an issue of vital importance for the city and region.The goal is to provide a central information platform - information from City Hall, media, articles, blogs and opinions so everyone can make an informed decision.
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I actually laughed out loud while reading the mailer I received from the City of Victoria entitled “The Future of the Johnson Street Bridge.” It was a political document pretending to be a call for public input.
The publication is replete with threats and fear-mongering. “If nothing is done to address the Johnson Street Bridge within in the next two years it will face closure,” the city threatens. Write back to city council if you want, but you should know the decision’s already been made. [...]
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The City must receive responses by August 3. Please complete the City’s survey, and the supplementary survey, put them together in the same envelope, and get them in the mail right away! [...]
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johnsonstreetbridge.org and concerned citizens felt it imperative to address council as this would be the final opportunity to speak directly to all City Councillors and the Mayor before a Blue Bridge report on June 14th, and a potential decision on refurbishment options on June 17th. [...]
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The only chance for anyone to comment publicly about what should included in Victoria’s Johnson Street Bridge rehab plan, it appears, will be at next week’s council meeting, on the evening of Thursday, June 10. [...]
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The Johnson Street Bridge petition campaign collected over 10 000 signatures against the proposed borrowing bylaw, and one of the primary reasons voters signed was concern over transparency and public input. The week following the release of the petition results, Ross Crockford and Yule Heibel (.ORG directors) met with Mayor Dean Fortin, City Manager Gail Stephens, Director of Operations Peter Sparanese and Jaime Matten, the Mayor’s assistant, to highlight this issue and offer solutions – open the meetings of the Citizen Advisory Panel to the public, provide comprehensive minutes, and allow public input into the decision process. [...]
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May 6th the Governance and Priorities Committee received an update from City of Victoria Assistant Director of Engineering Mike Lai on the technical progress to date, along with the public engagement/information process from Katie Josephson, Director of Communications. [...]
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During the committee meeting Katie Josephson, the City of Victoria Director of Communications, outlined an engagement plan, which included a baseline survey of Victoria residents. That appears to be in action, with a phone survey by Ipsos Reid, with a caller ID from Quebec [...]
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 The goal was for students to create a 50:1 scale model of the Johnson Street Bridge (and they could use different bascule methods such as a lift or swing bridge), but it was more about project presentation and systems. It was however presented as ‘New Designs’ [...]
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 We can wonder – what is going on at City Hall with the Blue Bridge process? As we approach the one year anniversary since council received the Delcan Johnson Street Bridge Assessment report, what lessons have been learned? [...]
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In a recent post we noted a meeting between johnsonstreetbridge.ORG Directors Yule Heibel and Ross Crockford with Mayor Dean Fortin and Gail Stephens. Next Steps at City Hall outlined some of the concerns over the role of the Bridge Citizen Advisory Committee: [...]
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