Canadian man builds park stairs for $550 – even though city said project would cost $65G

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A Canadian man built steps for his community park, but the City of Toronto is angry that he went ahead and did so even though city officials had estimated the project would cost $65,000 to complete. Adi Astl, of Toronto, is a retired mechanic who decided to build the stairs at Tom Riley Park, in Etobicoke, Ontario, after several people fell down the poorly constructed pathway that led to a garden, according to CTV News. -- More...

Stairway to bureaucracy: Toronto to tear down park stairs after man steps up to build them himself https://t.co/htL3kRAxZ9 pic.twitter.com/RuE2mPBVuK

— CTV News (@CTVNews) July 20, 2017