King’s Lynn and West Norfolk officers urge refusal of planning permission to bury 97-year-old Congham Bridge near King’s Lynn in Norfolk, reports The Eastern Daily Press.
image for illustration: Old railway bridge, Congham by Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
The Eastern Daily Press writes:
A row over a historic bridge’s concrete ‘infill’ is building ahead of a decision over its future. Congham Bridge near King’s Lynn has been at the centre of a dispute after National Highways filled the bridge in with concrete in 2021 without prior planning permission. It caused uproar among heritage campaigners…
But National Highways has defended its decision, arguing it was in the ‘public interest’ to carry out the work which cost nearly £127,000. Its head of the historical railways estate, Hélène Rossiter, said: ‘We believe the strengthening works is in the public interest…’
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