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The new footbridge designed for Garth Lane in Grimsby will be arriving in the town via a police escort through Northern Lincolnshire.
The 30 metre long bridge will span the River Freshney as part of the Garth Lane revamp in Grimsby town centre, and is expected to fully open by the end of April.
A police escort will accompany the 37 metre long transporter, on which the main frame of the bridge will sit, through North and North East Lincolnshire next week.
The bridge is so large it will need a police escort to reach Grimsby. | Photo: North East Lincolnshire Council
Census officers to door knock around Lincolnshire
Chasing up those who haven’t done it yet
Census officers will be going around Lincolnshire door-knocking those who have not responded by the deadline.
The 2021 Census is due on Sunday, March 21 and will take place online for the first time ever due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The survey, designed to help government decide how to fund services across the country, must be completed by law within two weeks of the March 21 deadline.
Anyone who misses this deadline could be issued with a fine of up to £1,000, but dedicated Census officers will be reminding people to complete the survey.
Historic Bourne bridge faces demolition as 373 home plan passed
Tribute to be paid through plaza
Bridge 234. | Photo: Councillor Ian Selby
A developer’s 373 home plan for Bourne, which includes the demolition of a historic railway bridge, has been approved.
South Kesteven District Council gave the go ahead to Bellway Homes’ proposals for land south of Harvey Close and west of Wincanton Way on Wednesday.
Bridge 234, which previously carried an unsurfaced track over the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Bourne-Saxby line, will be demolished as part of the plans due to concerns it is not “structurally safe”.
The developer will mark the bridge’s location with a paved piazza including original limestone blocks from the bridge in response to two petitions containing a combined 1,735 signatures calling for the bridge, and the whole site, to be preserved.