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Transport for London (TfL) has announced that the works are scheduled to start on Monday 1 July and will last approximately 20 weeks, or until the work is completed. The Council has agreed that the working hours will be from 9.30 pm until 5 am (first 6 weeks and last week of work) and 8 am until 4 pm (remaining weeks), Monday – Friday.
The main objective of these works on the Church Lane Footbridge is to improve safety through the provision of new lighting, with a new enclosure to improve visibility and reduce antisocial behaviour.
TfL has said that the aim is to balance possible disruption to residents with disruption to traffic. Some works will take place at night, as this provides the best chance to complete these works safely and as quickly as possible with as little disruption as possible.
Every effort will be made to ensure that noisy operations are completed before midnight. although TfL explains that vehicle reversing warning bleepers are essential safety devices to protect operatives.
Pedestrian diversions will be signposted during footbridge closure times.
Transport for London is firmly committed to minimise disruption, and offer apologies for any inconvenience that may be caused by these essential works. Should you require further information or an update during the delivery of these works please contact TfL’s Streets Customer Services department on 0845 305 1234 or via the web at www.tfl.gov.uk/contact.
Dyers Hall Road footbridge, which was refurbished earlier, will have external painting completed.
It’s now the Sunday 25th of August but the works that were scheduled to commence on Monday 1st of July are yet to start.
Sorry for the delay, I have just received the following response from Network Rail:
Works on the Church Lane footbridge started on 1 July with cleaning and maintenance painting of the external (red) frame of the bridge, the part that goes over the A12 and Central Line track. These works were carried out in conjunction with that of the Dyers Hall Road footbridge at night between 21:30 and 5.00 from 1 July to 14 August. The enclosure replacement and other works are yet to commence due to the some structural design issues that have now been resolved. The main works have been instructed and the contractors are mobilising to start on site in 5 to 6 weeks, this includes lead time for fabrication and delivery of materials.
John Howard