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A footbridge over a Blenheim river popular with walkers and cyclists needs "significant engineering work", but will remain open to the public while a replacement is built. The existing bridge was built in 1988 for a Heart Foundation event. Photo: Chloe Ranford / LDR The 32-year-old timber bridge across Doctors Creek, in the Taylor River Reserve, has been deemed "still safe to cross" though, despite having "warped and twisted" timbers and worn down abutments, which carried the weight of the bri...

CHLOE RANFORD/LDR Evan Robinson and Robyn Stephen on the Doctors Creek bridge, due to be replaced because it has significant engineering issues. A footbridge over a Blenheim river popular with walkers and cyclists needs “significant engineering work”, but will remain open to the public while a replacement is built. The 32-year-old timber bridge across Doctor’s Creek, in the Taylor River Reserve, has been deemed “still safe to cross” though, despite having “warped and twisted” ti...