A yellow fabric walkway floating on Lake Iseo in northern Italy has attracted twice as many visitors as expected and has been forced to close at night for essential repairs and cleaning.
Last
Saturday, Bulgarian-born artist Christo opened “The Floating Piers,” a
3-kilometer (2-mile) walkway from Sulzano, on the mainland, to the Monte
Isola and San Paolo islands, usually accessible only by boat. View more Photos..
Authorities
in the area, 100 km (60 miles) northeast of Milan, had expected around 40,000
visitors a day and to keep the walkway open around the clock. But after 97,000
came on Wednesday alone, they decided to close it between midnight and 4:00
a.m. GMT.
Made
of some 220,000 high-density polyethylene cubes covered with shimmering yellow
fabric, the piers have suffered more wear and tear than expected.
The
linked cubes are anchored to the bed of the lake, forming a 16-meter-wide,
35-centimeter-high surface designed to move gently with the waves.
Admission
is free. Volunteers are on hand in case anyone falls into the water. The
installation closes on July 3. (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo News
