PHOTO OPPORTUNITY - NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS VIADUCT

Tuesday 2 Mar 2004

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY - NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS VIADUCT

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Date: Monday 22 March 2004 Time: 1100 Location: Site cabins beneath railway viaduct in Newton-le-Willows. Report to Patrick Cawley, Network Rail. Event: Patrick Cawley from Network Rail; David Innes from St Helens Council and John Ives from Potts, Parry, Ives & Young (architects) will be available to answer questions about the £200,000 project to refurbish the viaduct. The viaduct has been cleared of vegetation and the job of cleaning the stonework begins on Monday 22 March.

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