A Stairway to Nowhere; how fitting as a symbol for Abbotsford.

Over the winter, on the corner of George Ferguson Way and the Mission Highway a mysterious structure has slowly been rising. Once it became obvious that it was a stairway people began to wonder: 1) why build the stairs first? 2) when does the foundation and structure get built and what is it to be?

When the dirt was mounded around the stairway and covered with sod and the fence moved tightly around the stairway it became obvious that what it was in fact a Stairway to Nowhere. The addition of the sign giving this monument the appearance of being the entrance to a housing development made clear its association with Abbotsford.

I find it unbelievably ironic just how appropriate this stairway is as a symbol of Abbotsford.

A fence surrounds it to exclude people, to have them pass by to somewhere more friendly and welcoming. A fence lest those in need of rest and respite should choose to stop and seek refuge rather than moving along.

No foundation, no structure just the empty promise of a stairway going nowhere. One could not describe Abbotsford more succinctly.

No structure of thought or planning to provide leadership to effectively and efficiently govern Abbotsford. No foundation of common sense, compassion and the consideration of citizen’s needs and priorities. Just an endless rise built of empty promises.

A Stairway to Nowhere: one would be hard pressed to better sum up the current state of affairs in Abbotsford. This Stairway to Nowhere is truly Irony personified.