jillR Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 went to take a peek at the work on Vauxhall bridge...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hello Jill,So what is your take on the bridge and the work carried out, I see there is no under drawing of the bridge even though the lower sections have not been cleaned or painted.RegardsAlan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillR Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 hi alan im waiting to see the finished job its looking ok so far from what I can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRascal Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I think that is the finished job because they certainly ran out of money to finished the full repairs to the bridge, and only the surplus of parking revenue paid for the paint. I fear that what we have is a half painted and half repaired bridge and await more funds to complete it. If that is correct then by the time further funds are in place it may well be that the first painted part will not be looking in the best of states and you will never have a uniform and complete bridge. I never did agree with this all being done to save the bridge in situ but that is a topic for another day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Hello Robin,I tend to agree with you.The £800,000 plus spent and not completed,and is in essence now just a pedestrial bridge is not money well spent.RegardsAlan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbroadslover Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I think the painted parts are a great improvement, makes it look "very pretty". As a non-local I find it difficult to understand why it is so important to spend so much money on something which is used so little and is a pain in the **** for those who pass under it. Maybe someone has a money mountain and they don't know what to do with it....I could suggest a few things lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillR Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 a bit more here ..... http://www.greatyarmouthpreservationtrust.org/en/projects/vauxhallbridge http://www.greatyarmouthpreservationtrust.org/media/uploads/History_of_Vauxhall_Bridge.pdf maybe one day in the not to distant future they may wish to start using trams again to connect the rail station to the town across Vauxhall bridge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trambo Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Hi Jill, Great set of photos and it is looking a lot better but I am not convinced that so much money should have been lavished on such a project. Doubt a town such as Great Yarmouth could ever sustain a modern tram system although if the tram-train project shortly to take place between Sheffield and Rotherham is a success, it may see proposals for the Wherry line to be extended into the town. Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbird Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 It is ridiculous to spend so much money on the bridge IMHO. It's not particularly attractive, is in a crappy part of town and serves no useful purpose other than a foot bridge.A few years ago, the company I worked for was asked to quote for the bridge being lifted off and placed on the bank to then be refurbished, but the cost was too high for that project to go ahead. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 There is never the odd American about when you want them to buy a Bridge or two!RegardsAlan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbird Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 No idea I'm afraid John. It was about 10 years ago. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boaters Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Came under the bridge today,can't understand the logic of all that money ,which could have been better spent to more use in the town,being spent on the section of bridge which is seen coming downstream.I could see the logic if the other section was being scrapped ,but what happens the the other decaying section and the old walk way?as there sure wont be that sort of cash available I can't imagine what will happen now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdmate Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I love the new colour scheme One side bright red, the other British racing rust. But perhaps they would have been better spending £10,000 on enough semtex to turn it into very small pieces. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBA Marine Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 I say weigh it in and put a more attractive bridge in its place, there is good reason why its the last bridge of its type, everyone once saw the light and took theirs down. New modern bridge with more clearance under verses Old rusty and too low? I know where my vote goes. even if restoration is completed how long will it last? Yarmouth is trying to cut its costs in every corner so give it 10yrs and it will just be a rusty lump of metal again. pointless. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillR Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 if its so wonderful a structure why cant they lift it off, stick it on the land near by and stick a plaque next to it and put in a useful bridge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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