The photograph above shows me at the re-opening of the A417 Challow Road bridge on 5th December 2014 after 4 months of closure.
I was therefore very surprised to hear last month that there were plans to close the road again for 2 weeks whilst carriage maintenance works were carried out. After taking up the matter with Network Rail and the County Council, I was then told that these works would be postponed until another solution was found.
Fortunately, the works have now been given the go-ahead for two weekends in November to allow carriageway maintenance to be undertaken. The weekend closures are as follows:
22:00 hours on Friday 18th November - 06:00 hours Monday 21st November
22:00 hours on Friday 25th November - 06:00 hours Monday 28th November
Millaway Lane will also be closed during this time to prevent this being used as an alternative diversion route for traffic.
As I am sure residents are aware, all these road closures are a necessary part of the Great Western Electrification project, which has affected many rail bridges in this area.
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