Bridge block victory: Boris Johnson intervenes to forestall dozens of Victorian bridges being...

Bridge block victory: Boris Johnson intervenes to forestall dozens of Victorian bridges being crammed in

Boris Johnson has intervened to save you dozens of Victorian bridges up and down the united states from being crammed in with concrete. Highways bosses plan to fill in sixty nine anciental bridges in 5 years over worries they're now no longer robust sufficient to hold heavy lorries. It sparked claims of vandalism remaining month after a 159-year-antique stone railway bridge in Cumbria turned into buried with the aid of using lots of concrete. The trouble turned into highlighted with the aid of using the Daily Mail. But nowadays Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, will unveil a brand new method to hold the bridges. Highways England can be informed to ‘pause’ any deliberate infilling or demolition to permit research to be performed into whether or not any may be used for cycle routes or different delivery functions. Residents and councils may also be given a extra say in whether or not the bridges must be preserved. Downing Street stated the coverage has been delivered in on the insistence of the Prime Minister and Mr Shapps. It is a part of a biking method document. It says: ‘We will don't forget whether or not extra of our anciental railway systems may be used for cycle routes or different delivery functions. ‘There has been challenge approximately the destiny of a small percentage of the 3,250 railway systems controlled with the aid of using Highways England. ‘By the autumn, we can set up a formalised framework and engagement procedure for those systems to understand, in every case, whether or not there's a sensible prospect of it getting used for energetic journey or different delivery functions in future; and to make certain that the perspectives of neighborhood stakeholders, along with energetic journey corporations and the neighborhood authority, are absolutely taken into account. ‘Until then, any infilling or demolition on those systems can be paused, except there's an instantaneous and emergency want to behave on grounds of public safety.’ It isn't always acknowledged if the coverage units out what is going to manifest to bridges which have already been crammed in. Last month Highways England sparked fury with the aid of using burying the bridge at Great Musgrave in Cumbria. Officials stated the paintings turned into essential so the bridge should take lorries weighing extra than 17 lots. But locals puzzled why the £124,000 infilling turned into wished while Highways England’s personal files confirmed repointing costing £5,000 could have allowed 40-ton lorries to cross. The business enterprise performed the paintings with out making plans permission, below accredited improvement rights. Eden Valley and Stainmore historical past railways had was hoping to unite at the disused Cumbrian line to create a brand new visitor route. Highways England have plans for sixty nine infillings and 15 demolitions over the subsequent 5 years. Since 2013, some of bridges were crammed in, along with a debatable mission in 2015 at Chilcompton, Somerset. 'he Historical Railways Estate Group, campaigning to store the systems, believes as much as 480 may be demolished or crammed in with the aid of using 2030. Spokesman Graeme Bickerdike branded infillings a ‘scandalous wrecking ball’ that might wreck any risk of turning them into ‘greenways’ for walkers and cyclists. He stated: ‘There is a massive quantity of anger and frustration that a Government-owned business enterprise which has a responsibility to fulfil Government coverage, that's to inspire sustainable delivery, is actively and destructively operating in opposition to that time table with out justification. It’s simply vandalism.’ Highways England stated it went in advance with the Cumbria paintings because the prospect of a rail line being restored is ‘not going withinside the close to future’.

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