Canal Bridge to be closed.

[Alan de Enfield]

"It's good to be by water" but obviously not on or over water.

 

Residents are campaigning against the closure of a canal bridge near their homes and say it is 'vital' to their day-to-day living.

A notice was attached to both sides of the footbridge over the Nottingham canal which links Quayside Close to Meadows Close, December 2021.

 

"Everyone uses it - dog walkers, families, people going shopping, football fans, it's vital.

 

Residents campaign for 'lovely' canal bridge to remain open - Nottinghamshire Live (nottinghampost.com)

[Mike Todd]

Does not say who owns the bridge or why it is to be closed.

[matty40s]

I think the very simple answer is no disabled access either end due to stepped access...one end being quite a high step.

The developers will have been told to either invest in improvements to bring it up to today's standards, or close it..this being the simplest and cheapest option. Notice displayed at a time of year hoping to sneak by without being noticed.

[Machpoint005]

The bridge isn't closed -- to navigation!

 

 

It isn't a movable structure.

 

[David Mack]

10 minutes ago, matty40s said:

The developers will have been told to either invest in improvements to bring it up to today's standards, or close it

Who will have told them this?  There is no legal obligation to upgrade existing non-accessible facilities. Only that new or significantly upgraded facilities should be accessible. The bridge doesn't look to be that old, so it is reasonable to ask why it wasn't fully accessible in the first place. But it does appear to have been fulfilling a need for those who can use it for some years.

Removing a facility for the able-bodied just so you can claim to be fair to the mobility impaired is ridiculous!

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

"It's good to be by water" but obviously not on or over water.

 

Residents are campaigning against the closure of a canal bridge near their homes and say it is 'vital' to their day-to-day living.

A notice was attached to both sides of the footbridge over the Nottingham canal which links Quayside Close to Meadows Close, December 2021.

 

"Everyone uses it - dog walkers, families, people going shopping, football fans, it's vital.

 

Residents campaign for 'lovely' canal bridge to remain open - Nottinghamshire Live (nottinghampost.com)

They also ran a story with the same photo back in December Residents 'baffled' as canal footbridge between their houses is set for closure - Nottinghamshire Live (nottinghampost.com)

 

[David Mack]

49 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

They also ran a story with the same photo back in December Residents 'baffled' as canal footbridge between their houses is set for closure - Nottinghamshire Live (nottinghampost.com)

 

But equally uninformative as to the reasons why the bridge is to go.

[Machpoint005]

Presumably it isn't a PROW.

[David Mack]

Its a bit of an oddity really. Just a footbridge linking two residential developments, with no access to the towpath and quite close to Meadow Lane bridge. Its a bit surprising it was put there in the first place.

 

This is what it looks like on Google Maps:

From Quayside Close:

 

From Meadows Close:

 

And from the towpath:

Edited February 10, 2022 by David Mack