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Thursday, January 30, 2014 West Kootenay Advertiser
Plan pitched to revitalize by lighting up Victoria Street bridge Sheri Regnier West Kootenay Advertiser
As the Silver City readies to begin Phase 2 of its downtown revitalization plan, a community group approached council with a bright idea that could light up Victoria Street year round and draw more people to the downtown core.
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Mike Martin, chair of the Downtown Opportunities and Action Committee (DOAC) brought his idea to light up the Victoria Street Bridge to the governance meeting Jan 13. The DOAC’s plan to install 128 programmable LED coloured lights across the four arches and 96
static white lights on each bridge column, would add an immediate visual impact, explained Martin. “Bridge lighting is exciting and is limitless with how you can change the colours to reflect the season,” he said. “I think for that reason it will be an attraction and conversation point in town.”
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Council has already allotted $363,000 in the city’s 2014 budget to add four major gateway structures in the downtown with the project set to begin this spring. Martin proposed that those features be delayed or cancelled to make way for the $350,000 bridge lighting plan which would add more visual appeal than installing four red arches on op-
posite ends of the Victoria Street, the major artery through Trail. “The gateways are markers and may get lost in the city landscape or clutter of downtown,” said Martin. “The bridge is a focal point and is a more defined feature, and bridge lighting will really be a stand out.” Additionally, he included the future
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addressed during that process.” To visualize how the Trail bridge could be highlighted, Martin referred to the 100-year-old Langevin Bridge in Calgary and the Tynehead Pedestrian Bridge in Surrey. For the last few years, those sites have been an attraction with highlighted beams and trusses and touted a community milestone that connects neighbourhoods with colourful displays that do not cause glare to motorists. LEDs consume the power of about three average households if the lights run eight hours daily, and the expected lifespan per bulb is about 35 years.
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southend pedestrian bridge in the bridge lighting plan, by proposing the 1,000foot river crossing be adorned in complimentary LEDs at a later date. To aid with funding the project, Martin suggested the committee could approach local businesses for corporate sponsorship, and recognize those partnerships during a lighting ceremony and on a plaque at the bridge gateway. Council will consider Martin’s proposal during budget talks, confirmed Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs. “Our first budget meetings begin in the next few weeks,” said Bogs. “And the option of bridge lighting will be
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