Skinningrove Builds the Access Needed to Replace a Flood-Gated Bridge

October plans prepare the compound and western workfront

The Environment Agency's 12 October update records more than 1,200 tonnes of stone delivered and placed during the preceding week, establishing the compound working platform. Its 30 October account adds installed cabins, temporary generator power and traffic lights on New Company Row. Construction of a piling mat in the Riverside Building car park was planned for the following week [3,4]. A separate resident notice schedules the Grove Hill-to-Zetland Row closure from 30 November. Opening the temporary route through the glamping site first depends on Northern Powergrid moving an electricity pole, scheduled from 18 November [5].

Utility clearance releases the temporary access road

The replacement bridge will carry its deck above the flood-defence level, reducing the access problem created by the existing manually closed gates and demountable parapets [2]. Building it requires a temporary traffic arrangement that serves residents as well as construction plant. The pole relocation therefore affects the date on which the alternative route can become usable. A finished road surface alone leaves the overhead obstruction in place; the access change needs the utility work, clearance check and traffic arrangement to be ready together.