The City of Delta, Canada, removed a chain link fence erected along the Canada-US border following public outcry and legal concerns. The fence was installed in January to prevent accidental border crossings after a local senior died while lost on the US side. The International Boundary Commission requested the removal, citing construction restrictions within the border zone.
The longest undefended border in the world is back to its original state now that the chain link fence in Tsawwassen has been taken down.“This morning, the chief of Delta police and city manager met to discuss the fence and concluded that it should be removed immediately. Crews subsequently removed the fence this morning,” Acting Insp. James Sandberg told the Optimist in an email.
However, installing the chainlink fence, more than two metres high, separating Monument Park, in Point Roberts, from Tsawwassen, near English Bluff Road, proved controversial, with some saying it was illegal. Boisvert said later by email that he fully agrees that it be removed. “I felt that this type of fence, barrier, wall … did not symbolize the trust that our two countries have shared for decades.”
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