{"id":34890,"date":"2022-11-15T16:02:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34890"},"modified":"2022-11-14T17:44:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T17:44:11","slug":"national-highways-scrutinised-over-four-more-historic-bridge-infills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34890","title":{"rendered":"National Highways scrutinised over four more historic bridge infills"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"National Highways is under pressure over four more controversial bridge infills which were carried out to historic structures before the infamous Great Musgrave fallout.<\/h3>\n

image: for illustration – image: By RuthAS \u2013 Own work<\/a>, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026 infillings have \u2018questionable legal status\u2019\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

New Civil Engineer<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

\u2026. Campaigners claim that National Highways failed to obtain relevant planning consents for work on four historic bridges which were infilled using emergency powers between January 2019 and May 2021. National Highways disputes the claims and believes it does have the necessary consents for the infillings\u2026.<\/p>\n

The HRE Group \u2013 an alliance of engineers, sustainable transport advocates and greenway developers \u2013 claims that the infillings have \u2018questionable legal status\u2019 and is urging the four respective local authorities to assess whether National Highways should be ordered to reverse the work.<\/p>\n

If the councils do issue enforcement orders for the infills to be removed, costs are likely to run into the millions.<\/p>\n

The four bridges (and the respective local authorities) are:<\/p>\n