Church Road bridge parapets taken down

This photo taken last Thursday 12 June shows the demolition in progress of one of the parapets on Church Road bridge. Both parapets have now been taken down.

Local residents were alarmed that the hi-tech, composite replacement bridge deck to be installed over the peak holiday period in late July / August may be fitted with modern, gleaming metal parapets.

Cllrs Pat and Dave Hockey were however involved with a team of local residents in the preparation, consultation and adoption of the Frampton Cotterell and Coalpit Heath Village Design Statement. This important planning document fully recognises the importance to local residents of retaining and reusing the attractive local stone whenever possible. Pat and Dave therefore made sure that the contract for the bridgeworks covered the requirement to reuse the existing stones. So the stone from the bridge is being cleaned, bagged and safely stored so it can be used to rebuild the parapets as they were after the new bridge deck has been installed.

After the new bridge deck has been installed, the road will be reopened with the 3 way traffic light kept in place until the parapets have been rebuilt and the services which have been diverted via the temporary footbridge are rerouted back under the new bridge. All works are due to be completed by the end of this November.