Bridge repairers have returned to finish off the work they could not complete last December. Their repair work last year allowed the bridge to be reopened after having restrictions from May 2021 to November 2022.
Signs suggest the single lane restrictions are temporary this time and the work will be completed before Easter, just 9 working days.
Work will begin on strengthening the first arch of Abingdon Bridge in late March. A notice has gone up in the Thames Street car park to say no parking from 20th March to 27th April.
The bridge was reduced to a single lane with traffic lights from May 2021 to November 2022 to protect the arch and allow exploratory work. I would expect the traffic lights to return during the repair work.
The traffic lights were gone this morning.
Traffic lights had restricted access on Abingdon Bridge since May 2021, when a problem was detected. Work began on the weakened bridge at the end of November 2022.
The work pontoon has also gone.
P.S. See the comment. This could be temporary.
Sections of West St Helen Street were re-tarmacked last Friday.
The longest section of new tarmac was down near St Helen’s Church.
This Thursday the paving machine was back laying fresh tarmac along East St Helen Street. A couple of rollers smoothed the surface.
The work was along a stretch of carriageway at the lower end of the street, not including the residents parking.
Traffic was kept off the road, giving pedestrians a rare chance to see East St Helen Street without cars.