{"id":2653,"date":"2025-10-06T23:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T22:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2025-10-06T23:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T22:48:13","slug":"failing-timber-footbridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=2653","title":{"rendered":"Failing timber footbridges?  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Contact\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a class=\"external\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk<span class=\"sr-only\">(External link)<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Allotments footbridge, near A332\/ B3022, Slough. Contact\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slough.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>www.slough.gov.uk<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"sr-only\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>(External link)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Black Potts footbridge, near Eton Road, Datchet. Contact\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a class=\"external\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbwm.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead<span class=\"sr-only\">(External link)<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following footbridge was replaced in 2023:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Berry Hill footbridge, Taplow. Contact\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"sr-only\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>(External link)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This EA report <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">fails to mention<\/span><\/strong> that responsibility for the timber footbridges was passed from the EA to the local authorities.\u00a0 \u00a0Could it be that the local authority emails are being used to <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">divert attention away from the EA?<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 This EA report also claims that the Berry Hill footbridge has been repaired.\u00a0 In fact <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">only the centre section has been replaced<\/span><\/strong> with a metal construction.\u00a0 The two end sections are still the original timber.\u00a0 So what about the Duty of Candour?\u00a0 You can see the full report and what the EA is claiming <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com\/jubileefloodreliefchannel\/widgets\/119305\/faqs\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 My main concerns are about <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>when these bridges will be replaced and who is going to pay?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>END<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like the Environment Agency has got the message that some of their timber footbridges are failing.\u00a0 So lets just check the EA response. 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