Cabinet members recently gave the green light to a rethink of the plans after hearing that the ballooning bill for the work was likely to exceed the £9.2m budget
Plans to demolish a bridge over a Lancashire motorway that is one of the shortest in the UK have been ditched because of spiralling costs.
The discovery last year of the need to re-route a high-pressure gas main had threatened to add £3.5m to the cost of the scheme, which was already beset by rocketing construction costs as a result of recent rises in inflation. The diversion of the gas pipe would also have pushed back the start date of the work to this summer at the earliest – risking a further price escalation in the meantime.
Instead, the authority will now retain and repair the bridge, while still pursuing the reclassification of the road and realising the savings associated with it. The application for that change in status was lodged in March last year and cabinet members were told before Christmas that the Transport Secretary was still “considering various issues” related to the request.
County council leader Phillippa Williamson, who represents the Lancaster Rural North division through which the the A601 runs, said at last month’s cabinet meeting that she welcomed the road being “upgraded”, as it formed an important “gateway” to the Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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