Crews were sent to clean the deck of the Johnson Street Bridge Sunday morning, after protesters painted a mural during a demonstration.
Demonstrators in support of some Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs fighting a natural gas pipeline blocked major roadways around downtown Victoria Saturday.
After shutting down traffic in the Fort and Douglas they moved on to block the Johnson Street bridge just after 3 p.m.. While on the bridge they painted a mural across the deck that said “No Consent, No Access,” referring to efforts by Coastal Gaslink company to build on Wet’suwet’en territory.
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Officials with the City of Victoria says they redirected crews this morning to wash the paint off, and after a full inspection they say there was no other damage.
They went on to say crews were only briefly redirected to clean up the paint.
The paint used was tempera solution, a natural based water soluble solution made traditionally from eggs. Other ingredients used were not natural.
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It’s was part of a Canada-wide movement. #ShutDownCanada was trending on Twitter, and protests shut down many roads, ports, bridges and railways
Still here standing in solidarity with #Wetsuweten and against #fracking pipelines. Join us on Johnson St. Bridge til 7. #yyj #WetsuwetenStrong #ShutDownCanada #ClimateJustice pic.twitter.com/7CscIhNscm
— Climate Justice Victoria ? (@CJusticeVic) February 9, 2020
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