Sharon Ball

It seems that our beleaguered Half Penny Bridge may be a little nearer to completion although nearly 3 months late already it has seen an improvement over the last week or so.

The river footpath is now open for much of the day which is a bonus for the many pedestrians and cyclists that use this route daily.

The Bridge is not expected to be open until late August which will be nearly five months late for a project that we were told would last no longer than 13 weeks.

We have not go the full costs as yet but are pushing to know what the final bill will be as we have always maintained that it would have been more cost affective to put a new Bridge in at this location that to try to repair an old one that was to be quit frank past its sell by date.