{"id":3230,"date":"2026-01-09T10:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=3230"},"modified":"2026-01-10T08:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:58:51","slug":"black-potts-footbridge-1m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=3230","title":{"rendered":"The \u00a31m Black Potts footbridge problem &#8211; who is going to pay?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who is going to pay the \u00a31m to rebuild the Black Potts footbridge over the Jubilee River.\u00a0 \u00a0Now barriered and signed as closed &#8211; the timber bridge between Datchet and Eton is <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>rotten, unsafe and dangerous<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 Built over the Jubilee River about 25 years ago by the Environment Agency, RBWM is now responsible for this bridge which has <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>been closed since mid-2025 but is still being used<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 \u00a0If no action is taken, this bridge will collapse and be removed in the same way as the Ashford Lane bridge &#8211; or remain closed like the Allotments bridge.\u00a0 Maybe this bridge will be partially repaired (at enormous cost) like the Berry Hill bridge.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>So who is going to pay<\/strong><\/span> to repair or replace this bridge?\u00a0 My recent <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Rvr10NuiAWg\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Black Potts footbridge video<\/strong><\/span><\/a> asks the question and is now <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Rvr10NuiAWg\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>uploaded to YouTube<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The \u00a31m Black Potts footbridge problem\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rvr10NuiAWg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>END<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is going to pay the \u00a31m to rebuild the Black Potts footbridge over the Jubilee River.\u00a0 \u00a0Now barriered and signed as closed &#8211; the timber bridge between Datchet and Eton is&#8230;<\/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":[159],"class_list":["post-3230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-black-potts-footbridge"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The \u00a31m Black Potts footbridge problem - who is going to pay? 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