SECTION 3

Ryo :

So,/with the people’s official approval,/did the city make the decision/to carry on with the project?//

Anne :

Exactly.// Then, in 2006,/UNESCO issued a warning to the city/that the place could lose its status/if the bridge was built.//

Ryo :

I guess/that the process afterward/was far from smooth.//

Anne :

Indeed.// There was a lot of trouble,/including a series of lawsuits.// But in 2007,/the construction of the bridge was officially approved.// And finally in 2009,/the valley became one of the rare places/where the status/as a World Heritage site/was revoked.// The bridge opened to the public in 2013.//