Warwickshire County Council’s Bridge Maintenance Team are delighted to announce that they have been successful in securing funding of £4.978M from the Department for Transport (DfT) through the ...
Warwickshire County Council’s Bridge Maintenance Team are delighted to announce that they have been successful in securing funding of £4.978M from the Department for Transport (DfT) through the Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund 2019.
This successful funding means that the county’s Historic Bridge Maintenance Programme can move forward with works to 8 of Warwickshire’s most historic 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
In addition to the DfT grant of £4.978M, works are also being part-funded by the County Council 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 we are very pleased to have been awarded this funding from the DfT’s Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund 2019 for the maintenance of 8 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 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