This bridge should not be built. In fact, it should never have been rendered digitally. The computer on which this bridge was designed should be broken. Now come on, good people, tell me this isn’t a $24M Chinese finger trap. But instead of trapping fingers, it might one day confine $24M of our hard-earned money. And for what? To afford us the convenience of not having to walk 2 blocks West to cross at the 10th Street bridge? To spare us from labouring a few blocks to the East to cross at the west-most bridge to Eau-Claire? This has got to be a joke.

Mr. Bronco and your minions, don’t you think this $24M could be better spent to address many of Calgary’s street level social issues? Or perhaps you can put the entire sum toward buying a 7 more office chairs for the city manager’s office – please, anything but an unnecessary bridge that resembles a soda straw on its side or a sex toy.

An artists rendition of Calgary's proposed $24M Chinese finger trap.

Can you spot the difference?