Old growth logging protesters block traffic on Lions Gate Bridge (PHOTOS)
Traffic was snarled on the Lions Gate Bridge Wednesday morning as old growth logging protesters blocked lanes for a demonstration.
The demonstrators parked a van sideways across the bridge and sat in the lanes holding signs against cutting down ancient trees.
BREAKING – Save Old Growth Blocks Lionsgate Bridge using a Van, 2 Arrested#SaveOldGrowth pic.twitter.com/0VBYyUCgLA
ā Save Old Growth (@saveoldgrowth) June 22, 2022
“Disruptions will continue until the BC government passes legislation to immediately end all old growth logging in the province,” the group Save Old Growth said in a news release.
DriveBC’s highway cameras showed traffic backed up along the bridge and through the North Shore during the busy morning commute.
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Vancouver police arrested two people for mischief and intimidation, Const. Tania Visintin told Daily Hive. The bridge was cleared and traffic flowing again by 10:30 am.
Save Old Growth has been organizing demonstrations over the past couple weeks blocking major highways and ferry terminals.
At one demonstration on Vancouver Island near the Swartz Bay ferry terminal, a protester fell from a ladder and broke his pelvis after an impatient driver removed a support beam.
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