Friday 9 Jun 2006
NEW RAIL BRIDGE FOR HUDDLESFORD LANE
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Network Rail will start work to construct a new rail bridge carrying the West Coast Main Line over Huddlesford Lane, Huddlesford on 12 June. The project is part of the company’s £350m investment in the Trent Valley Four Tracking Project (TV4) which will benefit passengers across the country by removing a major bottleneck on the West Coast Main Line. In order to keep disruption to a minimum, the project will take place in two phases. The first phase will see engineers lowering the road level underneath the new bridge. As a result Huddlesford Lane will be closed for two weeks from 12 June. The second phase will allow Huddlesford Lane to reopen to single lane traffic until the end of the year. Senior Programme Manager for TV4, Keith Riley, said: “This project is essential to enable us to deliver an improved railway for passengers. We are closing the road for the shortest time possible to keep disruption to an absolute minimum. We have worked closely with Staffordshire Highways Authority on alternative diversionary routes and I would advise people to plan ahead for their journeys.”
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