At a recent visit by Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on the London Assembly, the FOCUS Team took up concerns expressed following the tragic recent event on the Gainsborough Road footbridge, urging her to press Transport for London (TfL) for urgent action to make the bridge safer.

FOCUS also proposed that the height of the sides of the road bridge should be increased.

It is understood that Liberal Democrat councillors in Redbridge have also raised similar concerns about other bridges spanning the A12 as it runs through their area.

To date, TfL, responsible for the A12, has agreed to look at what measures may be possible on the bridges.

FOCUS will keep you in touch with developments.