Plans to build England's tallest bridge across the River Wear in Sunderland have been scrapped. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-23252889 plus more local money wasted on architects fees and planning etc
It's not even a tall bridge, that's cheating. Might as well put a really long flagpole on the Wearmouth bridge. It would be a much cheaper waste of time.
All the money will of been spent on meetings and parties and such forth Complete bullshit really… Should take 2 meetings, one to get an idea of what is wanted. The second to review some designs and then choose one and begin production Utter bollocks
Good project and would have created a lot of jobs in the area and increase trade and visiting with the improved travel links, all in all would have benefited the City and improved our image but its all Government grant money anyway not Sunderland Councils.
I know a Sunderland councillor. ((Mates mother) She walks about in a power suit and brief case and I swear she doesn't even know we live on Earth and don't even go with the day of the week. Fat as fook ( no offence to large people) through all the tea and cake - inbetween all the freebie trips to restaurants- while on all the taxpayers paid trips..... This bridge was never ever going to come off. As with Vaux and quite a few others theyre a dithering bunch of self important no marks. (Offence meant) I think the last agenda was trying to cut down bin collection to one a fortnight to save more money.
The new plans for the 'Bridge' - not so iconic as the original plan? http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/how-the-new-118m-sunderland-bridge-might-look-1-6646336 COUNCIL bosses have unveiled a first hint of how the new bridge across the Wear could look. Engineering drawings showing the shape of the main mast supporting the cable stays, the positioning of the bridge in the river and the location of the supports either side of the Wear, have been submitted in an application to vary existing planning permission first granted in 2010. The council said the images are intended to give an impression of what form the structure would take, and did not necessarily reflect how it would actually look. Technical details of the tower and the bridge deck will be available once a contractor has been appointed to design and build it. The council is expecting submissions from contractors in coming weeks, with the aim of appointing a firm by summer 2015. The latest move comes after the Government confirmed £82.5million of funding has been ringfenced for the project as part of the Sunderland City Deal. The bridge, which will span between Castletown and Pallion, will have two lanes of traffic in each direction, as well as dedicated cycleways and footpaths. The new design will replace the “iconic” bridge designed by North East-born architect Stephen Spence, which was scrapped last year, after the council was unable to find a contractor willing to commit to the £118million budget. Council leader Coun Paul Watson defended the decision to go back to the drawing board, rather than seek additional funds during a tough economic climate, but said the bridge will help the city’s long-term growth.
