Parking sparks

Sparks erupt from a parking meter post as Public Works welder Jim Bates cuts the top off with an acetylene torch Tuesday. The post on 49th Street in front of the Millennium Centre needed to be lower in height and a new parking meter head installed.

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Sparks erupt from a parking meter post as Public Works welder Jim Bates cuts the top off with an acetylene torch Tuesday. The post on 49th Street in front of the Millennium Centre needed to be lower in height and a new parking meter head installed.

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