Building bridges

Almost £3.5m is being invested to strengthen three road-over-rail bridges in Fylde to bring them up to European standards.

The strengthening work is being carried out on Park View Road in Lytham, The Crescent in St Annes and Station Road in Wrea Green, which are all on the Preston to Blackpool South line.

The bridges have been assessed by Network Rail as part of the Bridgeguard 3 programme, which is looking at nearly 1,000 bridges in the North West to ensure they are able to carry the large commercial road vehicles now permitted on Britain’s roads under recent EU legislation.

Work on all the bridges is being carried out between November and the end of March 2007. The Crescent and Station Road bridges will be entirely funded by Lancashire County Council. Park View Road will be funded by Network Rail and Lancashire County Council.