New bridge deck successfully installed

On Sunday the new Church Road bridge deck was on site by 7am, earlier in the day than expected, and installed soon afterwards. You can go back through the photos taken by the time lapse camera at https://m.lobstervision.tv/framptoncotterell#projects.

Work continued through Sunday and Monday fixing the dowels at the bridge ends into place and setting up for the kerb installation over the bridge.

This week they will be finishing grouting the ends of the bridge in place (which is taking a little bit longer than anticipated), surfacing the bridge deck, laying kerbs and installing temporary barriers. The anticipated date when the bridge will be open for use to traffic with three way traffic signals in place is Thursday 4th September.

The street lights on the pedestrian refuges along Badminton Road were removed to allow the wide load to pass on Sunday morning. Initially officers were only planning to reinstate two of them, but after ward councillor Claire Young took up residents' concerns they agreed they would all be reinstated in the next couple of weeks.