Vandals damaged part of the newly completed Trestle Trail bridge in Liverpool over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Queens Rails to Trails Association helps maintain the bridge and president Brian Hatt says a safety rail was kicked out from a viewing platform sometime Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the first incident we\u2019ve experienced since we did the renovation or, restoration,\u201d said Hatt.<\/p>\n
Closed off and on over the past two years to allow for a complete rebuild of parts of the structure, the bridge just had interpretive panels installed in August.<\/p>\n
The rebuild was made possible by the efforts of the Queens Rails to Trails Association, private donors as well as both the Region of Queens and provincial government.<\/p>\n
The trail is well used by locals and tourists alike and Hatt is disappointed to see someone deliberately damage part of the bridge.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was engineered to be safe but I don\u2019t know there\u2019s anything you can build that will protect against vandalism,\u201d said Hatt.<\/p>\n
The damage was brought to the attention of Queens Rails to Trails Association and a member was out Monday making repairs.<\/p>\n
Hatt says they will try to reinforce the \u00a0area so it can\u2019t be broken so easily in the future.<\/p>\n
He asks if anyone sees the bridge being damaged to call RCMP or contact him directly.<\/p>\n