Tadcaster to get new footbridge 'within weeks'
After the main bridge collapsed due to flooding last month, the council have announced that a new footbridge will now be constructed in the town and will be up and running within the next few weeks
After the main bridge collapsed due to flooding last month, the council have announced that a new footbridge will now be constructed in the town and will be up and running within the next few weeks
Tadcaster is to get a new footbridge bridge across the River Wharfe - hopefully within weeks.
The road bridge was badly damaged in last months floods - cutting the North Yorkshire town in two
But plans to build a temporary footbridge alongside it stalled when landowners Samuel Smiths Brewery objected to the plans.
But the new crossing will now be built on land the brewery DOESN'T own. Local residents and traders are delighted.
After the main bridge collapsed due to flooding last month, the council have announced that a new footbridge will now be constructed.
The council says the repair will cost £3m and take up to a year. The town has been divided in two since the bridge collapsed last week.
The local MP has told ITV Calendar the damaged bridge will have 'knock-on' effects on families and businesses, as the community is divided