The BC government’s planned destruction of the historic wooden Holt Creek railway trestle on the Trans Canada Trail in the Cowichan Valley has sparked an outpouring of public concern.

Here are just a few of the hundreds of on-line posts supportive of preserving the century-old Holt Creek Trestle rather than seeing it replaced with a single-span steel structure:

— “History should be kept. Riding that trail gives a person a nostalgic feeling thinking of the workers that travelled that route day in and day out and a glimpse into the past that helped build Vancouver island. We should preserve the trestle.”

— “It’s no different to the Kinsol Trestle.…An old bridge that needs work but the decision makers lack the knowledge or imagination to figure out how to preserve it.”

— “This should be restored!!! It’s part of our history.”

— “For some reason, governments believe they should make all decisions, they do not want to participate in residential input.”

— “What, that bridge is a heritage bridge it should not be torn down.”

— “What a shame! This is a go to place when we have visitors. Part of history, should not be demolished but restored.”

— “The Holt creek trestle has just as much history as the trestles in Myra canyon, just the government wanting to wipe out history.”