Mill Road bridge to be closed 24/7 for works after disruption by protestors

Cait Findlay
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Part of Mill Road is closed for works (stock image)
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Part of Mill Road will be closed 24/7 for works after disruption by protestors earlier this week. Cambridgeshire County Council has confirmed the road will be closed between Kingston Street and Headly to allow works to completed.

A group of protestors disrupted scheduled roadworks on Mill Road bridge, starting on Monday (November 11). The works scheduled to start on Monday included resurfacing, installing signage, cameras, lining, and road markings to warn drivers of future bus gate restrictions, according to Cambridgeshire County Council, as well as the installation of new traffic islands.

A county council spokesperson said on Friday (November 15): "Work to install the Mill Road bridge bus gate has started following disruption by protestors. Mill Road will be closed between Kingston Street and Headly Street until at least tomorrow morning or whenever the essential works in this section have been completed.

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"The works will be 24/7 both during the day and overnight today." The authority had previously said it would look at different ways to carry out the work in time for the bus gate to go live.

A modal filter for the bridge was approved at a highways meeting in October, meaning the bridge will be closed to most vehicles with restrictions enforced by ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) cameras. The bridge will remain open to buses, pedestrians, cyclists, emergency services, and blue badge holders registered vehicles.

Campaign group Friends of Mill Road Bridge 2 has said the group is pursuing a second legal claim against the installation of the bus gate, after the county council ended its defence against a previous challenge. The group has sent a pre-action letter to the county council, which the authority has received and reviewed.

A spokesperson for the county council said: "We have reviewed the pre-action letter, indicating a potential challenge, and have responded to this. We are confident we have followed the statutory process."

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