Wanderer Vagabond

Yes, that makes sense, but since there is another bridge in Foxton that land based travellers could use, and if there is a mechanical problem with the bridge I would have thought closing it, with it safely on shore ready for repair would have been an option.

I have been getting e-mail from CRT advising me that there is a mechanical problem with the Foxton Swing Bridge, I'm not currently in the area so I don't know what the problem is but I cannot understand the logic of what they are doing, can someone explain it for me. The contents of the e-mail state "....Due to a major mechanical fault, we have had to temporarily close Foxton Swing Bridge with immediate effect......", followed by "....From tomorrow we will be restricting boat traffic to set times in the day. Boats will be assisted through between: 9am and 10am 2pm and 3pm Boaters will not be able to operate the Bridge outside of these hours......". To my way of thinking the logical approach would be to simply lock the bridge the open for boat traffic (and closed to pedestrians) until they fix it. Pedestrians, from what I can see on the Google image (and from what I remember) have an alternative route, so what is going on?