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Workington to get two-lane road bridge by spring
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were today given a deadline of 4 january by cumbria county council to tender for the two lane crossing which will be capable of supporting lorries up to 44 tonnes last month s unprecedented floods which claimed the life of pc bill barker when northside bridge collapsed as he directed traffic have seriously affected links with major local employers including the nuclear complex at sellafield p p council engineers have surveyed a suitable site for the temporary bridge and tender details will be published before the weekend jim buchanan labour leader of cumbria county council said that the timescale envisaged was almost unheard of in a civil engineering project of this size p p the crossing will be built between the northside bridge and the listed stone calva bridge built in the 18th century which was wrenched by the flood more than a foot off its foundations and now lies at an angle an army team installed a temporary foftbridge two hundred yards upstream from calva two weeks ago completing the work in 10 days p p contractors will be required to work around the clock seven days a week on the bridge which will restore the main north south link on the cumbrian coast business in central workington on the south bank of the derwent has been severely affected by the traffic chaos which has also hit traders in cockermouth seven miles away where flooding damage was even more severe p p buchanan said we re fully aware of the impact that the disruption is having on local people and businesses in west cumbria and every second counts to get this job done as soon as possible in the meantime we ll continue to work with the government and underline how important it is that additional public transport continues until a bridge is in place p p extra buses have been provided for the 14 mile diversion a journey that took seconds when the northside and calva bridges were open special train services are also running on the rail bridge over the derwent which survived the floods calling at a temporary north workington station which was built earlier this month in a weekend p p the temporary road bridge will be paid for by the government as part of its emergency package for cumbria sadiq khan the junior transport minister said we pledged after the floods to give the council the funds it needed to build temporary bridges and to help the area recover in the longer term we have already funded the temporary foftbridge and additional train services p p the new road bridge will make such a difference to the people of workington and cumbria more widely and we are delighted to help the council ensure that contractors deliver the bridge quickly and effectively p p rob johnston chief executive of cumbria chamber of commerce said this is one of the biggest threats to west cumbria s economy we have faced the longer it goes on the more businesses we are at serious risk of losing it s very positive news that this temporary bridge will take fffvs as this is a key requirement for businesses and we welcome the fact that it will be two lane which will have a huge impact on the traffic that can be carried p p tim hfslop leader of allerdale borough council said this is a great early christmas present for the people of allerdale workington residents and business owners can now look forward to the new year with renewed hope p div class related style float left margin right 10px margin bottom 10px ul li a href http www guardian co uk uk weather weather a li li a href http www guardian co uk environment flooding flooding a li li a href http www guardian co uk world natural disasters natural disasters and extreme weather a li ul div div class author a href http www guardian co uk profile marfifwainwright martin wainwright a div br div class terms a href http www guardian co uk guardian co uk a copy guardian news media limited 2009 use of this content is subject to our a href http users guardian co uk help article 0 933909 00 html terms conditions a a href http www 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