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<\/p>\nAlready closed due to structural concerns, one stretch of the Ashford Lane timber footbridge collapsed into the Jubilee River in June 2025.<\/p>\n
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A crane has now been brought in to remove the collapsed sections from the Jubilee River channel.<\/p>\n
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Questions to the Environment Agency 29\/10\/2025<\/strong><\/span> END<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Already closed due to structural concerns, one stretch of the Ashford Lane timber footbridge collapsed into the Jubilee River in June 2025. A crane has now been brought in to remove the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[173,176,66,268],"class_list":["post-2836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ashford-lane-footbridge","tag-ashford-lane-footbridge-collapse","tag-jubilee-river","tag-questions-to-ea"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nFurther to your response to my request for information regarding 250903\/JA01 FoI request \u2013 timber footbridge design and construction.
\nThis is a series of questions to the Environment Agency about timber footbridges. The EA (and their predecessors) have been involved in the design, manufacture and construction of timber footbridges over watercourses. These timber footbridges are now a serious and expensive problem and include:
\n\u2022 Temple (partially dismantled)
\n\u2022 Berry Hill (partially replaced)
\n\u2022 Ashford Lane (collapsed)
\n\u2022 Allotments (closed)
\n\u2022 Myrke (awaiting inspection)
\n\u2022 Black Potts (closed)
\nWhile Temple appears to be an EA problem, responsibility for the other footbridges over the Jubilee River has been passed over to the various Local Authorities.
\nThe common denominators here are the EA and SHS and I think there are some serious questions to be answered about the design, construction, inspection and maintenance procedures.
\nWhy did these footbridges have a shorter design life than, for example, the road bridges?
\nThe bottom line is \u2013 now that these timber footbridges are life expired, who is going to pay for them to be replaced – and with what?<\/span><\/strong>
\nThank you
\nEwan Larcombe<\/p>\n