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Taxpayers fork out £8m filling historic bridges with concrete - with Glasgow bridge most expensive
24.07.2022 - 07:13 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Taxpayers have shelled out £8million on a troubled government scheme to fill historic railway bridge arches with tonnes of concrete. Some 50 bridges across the UK were infilled with crushed stone and foamed concrete between 2013 and 2021, it can be revealed.
The project, which cost £8,011,624, was expected to keep the bridges safe for use without expensive restoration work. But a Freedom of Information request has revealed the scheme’s scale for the first time.
The most expensive bridge infill, on Glasgow’s Copland Road, cost the taxpayer £817,511. The site sits underground near Ibrox Stadium. The second most expensive was at Crosshouse, Ayrshire, which cost £587,152.
The bridges are owned by the UK Government, with many left redundant by the 1965 Beeching rail cuts. Managing director of bridge restoration firm Goldhawk Bridge Restoration Ltd David Kitching said there are “better, more cost-effective measures”.
He added: “Infilling was an option deemed to be acceptable under certain circumstances but it does seem to have been steamrolled through without much thought or debate as to whether it was morally acceptable.
“It might be cost-effective in the short term but if it damages the bridge long-term that’s not acceptable. That amount of concrete is an eyesore, it’s shocking they’ve gone ahead and infilled 50 bridges.”
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