A New Bridge

Our house is not the only place in the neighbourhood under construction. Work began earlier this year on a footbridge across the Lima, only a few dozen metres from our house. Although they started work in the spring, things appear to have come to a pause, as we did not see much progress between our last two visits.

You can see the base of the bridge under construction in the picture below on the far right. Our house is at the far left, still half white, half-yellow.

The other side of the bridge will connect here:

When finished, the bridge will span the river at this point.

You will notice that the not much water currently runs through the riverbed. I am told that they have reduced the flow by closing a dam further up river so that they can complete the construction. They have also filled in a lot with rocks and built a barrier across it (below). Before, this area was filled with rushing rapids.

Supposedly, once the water flow is restored, this will again become rapids and the barrier will form a waterfall. I hope this happens soon, as the sound of the gushing water in the river is a great feature of our house. We would like to enjoy it!