A Toronto man who spent $550 building a set of stairs in his
community park says he has no regrets, despite the city’s insistence
that he should have waited for a $65,000 city project to handle the
problem. The city is now threatening to tear down the stairs because
they were not built to regulation standards.
Retired mechanic
Adi Astl says he took it upon himself to build the stairs after several
neighbours fell down the steep path to a community garden in Tom Riley
Park, in Etobicoke, Ont. Astl says his neighbours chipped in on the
project, which only ended up costing $550 – a far cry from the
$65,000-$150,000 price tag the city had estimated for the job.
“I thought they were talking about an escalator,” Astl told CTV News Channel on Wednesday.
Astl says he hired a homeless person to help him and built the eight steps in a matter of hours.
Astl’s wife, Gail Rutherford, says the stairs have
already been a big help to people who routinely take that route through
the park. “I’ve seen so many people fall over that rocky path that was
there to begin with,” she said. “It’s a huge improvement over what was
there.”
No shit they are irked, they lost 60k in kickbackz
Some politician and their cronies are going to be VERY mad. He is going to face serious retaliation.
It makes everyone involved look like an idiot – What company quotes $65,000 – $150,000 for a set of 7-8 stairs?
You could build a small home (with stairs I might add) for that price.
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