No money for bridge

THOUGH part of Halsall Warehouse Bridge (2) on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal was damaged over a year ago, British Waterways tell that it has no money to repair it.

A local resident has contacted British Waterways several times about the bridge's condition, resulting in an engineer visiting the bridge, but all that was done was barriers erected along the damaged section.

Not dangerous

The road over the bridge remains open, and is not considered to be in a dangerous state, so the repair is not considered urgent, and British Waterways has a lack of money for such repairs.

The damage was caused by a vehicle hitting the bridge, and a British Waterways spokesman related:

"Bridge strikes like this are an issue all over the canal network. We do not have the money to fix them all due to government finding cuts. The stonework isn't over a footpath or water so it is unlikely to fall on anyone."