LETTER: City should move quicker to repair Quesnel’s Johnston Bridge

The Johnston Bridge is closed to vehicles heavier than 10,000 kg. (File Photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Letter to the editor as published in the Oct. 20 edition of the Observer
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