Boyne Bridge: Sandy Row shopowner Paul 'Bobby' McCann on the need to preserve the bridge, which is due to be demolished as part of the development of Translink's new Grand Central Station in Belfast (October 11, 2024)
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00:00What do you think the historical significance is of the Boyne Bridge? Why do you think it should
00:04be kept? Just the history of it, just the making of it from 1642 from the Great Bridge to the Salt
00:13Water Bridge till the Boyne Bridge it is now. The old remains of the 1640 bridges underneath
00:19there were the old wooden pipes that actually fed the water to build Belfast with and there
00:24is a historical part of Sandy Row and the people wanted to stay. It says before 1700
00:31anything that's built before 1700 should be restored and listed in the way. Well they're
00:37actually flattening the bridge and taking everything away. It means so much to Sandy Row
00:45and all the historical things that's happened through all the years it's just sad that
00:54you're taking it away. Our life every day is horrendous. You're spending a half an hour on
01:01Sandy Row just to get out in your car with the two toucan crossings to put on top of the bridge
01:05but there's a great solution for all this here. Four million the toll is to raise the bridge and
01:12put all the people from the hub underneath it so if they do that then the toucan crossings go
01:17and then traffic is normal and it makes common sense just to do that you know so it does.