The saga of the Flamborough Head has come to a definitive end.
Coun. Pam Bookham made a last ditch effort to save the stern Monday night, motioning council to rescind the previous week's 5-2 vote to dispose of the stern, and asking staff to investigate keeping it on the waterfront.
But, staff said, the cradle was only designed to last a year or two and is now seven years old and poses a "moderate" risk to the public. Extending its stay would cost roughly $400,000 and the city would still be on the hook for $250,000 in the contract with the firm hired to decontaminate and remove
it. Bookham said that cost "pales in comparison" to other proposed waterfront projects but the majority on council would not "throw good money after bad."
Bookham's motion only found one flip-flopper in Coun. Guy Heywood and it went down 4-3, with Bookham and Coun. Don Bell in favour.
