Warwickshire County Council’s Cabinet has approved the remaining funding from the Capital Investment Fund (CIF), to maintain some of the county’s most historic bridges.This additional £1.33m o...
Warwickshire County Council’s Cabinet has approved the remaining funding from the Capital Investment Fund (CIF), to maintain some of the county’s most historic bridges.
This additional £1.33m on top of a Department for Transport grant secured earlier in the year, will enable the county’s Historic Bridge Maintenance Programme to move forward with works to eight of Warwickshire’s most celebrated road bridges.
The bridges that will benefit from this funding over a three-year programme are:
- A425 Castle Bridge, Warwick
- A428 Bretford Bridge, Rugby
- A3400 Clopton River Bridge, Stratford-upon-Avon
- B4085 Bidford-on-Avon River Bridge, Bidford-on-Avon
- B4117 Cole End River Bridge, Coleshill
- C33 Baginton Mill Bridge, near Coventry
- C46 Binton Bridge South, Welford-on-Avon
- C53 Honington Bridge, Shipston-on-Stour
The Capital Investment Fund investment comes on top of a DfT Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund 2019 Grant of £4.978M, secured back in March, to provide a total funding pool of £6.3M, which will begin to be spent in the 2020/21 financial year.
The Capital Investment Fund investment comes on top of a DfT Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund 2019 Grant of £4.978M, secured back in March, to provide a total funding pool of £6.3M, which will begin to be spent in the 2020/21 financial year.
Cllr Jeff Clarke, Warwickshire County Council Portfolio Holder for Transport and Planning said: “Warwickshire’s many historical sites are a major factor in what makes the county a great place to live, work and visit and Cabinet was very pleased to approve the final funding for the maintenance of eight of our most significant historical bridge structures.
“The works to these structures will focus on the significantly deteriorated and damaged stonework of the predominantly multi-span, arch structures that date as far back as the 14th Century and, in several cases, are listed as scheduled ancient monuments that have supported Warwickshire’s transport infrastructure for centuries.”
The details of the successful bid to the DfT is available on the Warwickshire website: https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/majorconstructionprojects/challengefundbid
More information about roads and transport in Warwickshire can be found here: https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/roadsandtransport