{"id":28605,"date":"2020-12-15T16:04:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28605"},"modified":"2020-12-14T18:15:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T18:15:27","slug":"uks-road-agency-tried-to-block-foi-about-unsafe-bridges-over-terror-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28605","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s road agency tried to block FoI about unsafe bridges over \u2018terror fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sc-qcpsZ hkkdnF\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/independent_151220.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28606\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/independent_151220-271x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>141 bridges with \u2018very poor\u2019 rating remain open to avoid disruption, according to new data reveals obtained from Highways England under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 Just under half of England\u2019s busiest bridges are severely defected or damaged\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 key sections in a \u201cpoor\u201d or \u201cvery poor\u201d condition\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>The Independent<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Just under half of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/England\">England<\/a>\u2019s busiest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/bridges\">bridges<\/a>\u00a0are severely defected or damaged, but have remained open due to concerns about an influx of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/traffic\">traffic<\/a>\u00a0should repairs be ordered, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-qcpsZ hkkdnF\">\n<p>Some 4,000 bridges out of an estimated 9,000 crossings, as well as various culverts on motorways and A-roads, have been identified as having key sections in a \u201cpoor\u201d or \u201cvery poor\u201d condition,\u00a0<i>The Times<\/i>\u00a0found in an investigation which used data obtained from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Highways-England\">Highways England<\/a>\u00a0under the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Freedom-of-Information\">Freedom of Information<\/a>\u00a0(FoI) Act.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/foi-bridges-highways-motorway-terror-b1765347.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>141 bridges with \u2018very poor\u2019 rating remain open to avoid disruption, according to new data reveals obtained from Highways England under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28607,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28605\/revisions\/28607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}