Grantham railway bridge reopening after £2.7m project
Network Rail has improved two Grantham bridges
A major railway bridge in Grantham – Springfield Road – reopened on Friday afternoon following the completion of a £2.7 million project by Network Rail that took seven months to complete.
The project saw two railway bridges spanning Barrowby Road and Springfield Road strengthened to keep the railway running reliably and ensure people can pass safety underneath it. The bridges carry the busy East Coast Main Line.
The improvements to the railway bridge at Barrowby Road were completed in early December last year before work began on Springfield Road in January. Adverse weather conditions in February caused some delays to the work before Springfield Road fully reopened on Friday, April 16.
Small drop in weekly COVID cases and deaths so far this week in Lincolnshire
UK R number drops between 0.7 and 1
| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
There have been 285 coronavirus cases in Greater Lincolnshire and eight COVID-related deaths so far this week – a 7% drop in cases and one less death from the previous week.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard on Friday recorded 32 new cases in Lincolnshire, eight in North Lincolnshire and three in North East Lincolnshire.
On April 16, three deaths were registered in Lincolnshire and none in Northern Lincolnshire. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.
Directors Luke and Katherine Austin. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
A Lincoln children’s soft play centre has closed its doors for good after trading for just five months.
Owners Luke and Katherine Austin originally set up the children’s activity centre Imagination Station in March with an investment of £40,000.
The soft play centre was located in the former Big Wok building on Beaumont Fee near the city centre.
Imagination Station offered children under 12 a large soft play area with healthy food and drinks options, along with staff to tell stories. Directors Luke and Katherine Austin. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Plans for new student flats plan for former Lincoln play centre
Just some of the facade would be kept
Thee Beaumont Fee facility will be transformed into post-graduate accommodation.
Plans to demolish part of a former play centre and Chinese takeaway to build 41 new student flats, have been submitted to the City of Lincoln Council.
Killingbeck PLG has applied for permission to demolish “most” of the existing facade of the former home of Imagination Station and Big Wok, on Beaumont Fee, and rebuild it as part of the development.
The main hall, a warehouse and a recently built “link block” to the rear of the building will also be demolished, and will be completely replaced with a new extension.
Local Elections 2021: Power in the balance for North East Lincolnshire’s party leaders
A close race expected between Conservatives and Labour
Labour leader Councillor Matthew Patrick (left) and Conservative boss Councillor Philip Jackson.
The Conservative leadership in North East Lincolnshire will face its first big test on May 6, as after two years in power it will hope its main Labour opposition haven’t yet bounced back.
In 2019, Labour whose grip on the council already depended on a tenuous alliance with the Liberal Democrats lost control by losing just three seats while their Tory opponents gained five.
Ahead of the election they had faced a number of controversial decisions, including the Toll Bar Roundabout and their former party leader being arrested (and later in the year convicted) for drink-driving.