BRISTOL EVENING POST

For a report on the South Gloucestershire full Council submission on 20 May 2009 see Bristol Evening Post 23 May 2009 Page 6.

South Gloucestershire Council had three options for the replacement of the Hallen Road railway bridge,

1 - The option of removing the 7.5T weight restriction in Hallen and creating a new restriction at the railway bridge.

2 - The option of contributing £200,000 that does not allow for any changes to the highway and footway alignments.

3 - The option of contributing £300.000 which realigns the railway bridge and removes the pinch point.

The Network Rail drawings show the alignment of the new bridge and the pinch point to be identical to the old bridge. The second option. This was a deliberate decision by this 4 Star Council.

The photograph shows a fuel tanker travelling over the old bridge and down the hill towards the storage depot. The necessity to straddle the white line at the pinch point will be the same when the new bridge is finished.