It was a local MP moaning about a bridge closure and claiming that the project was on time and on budget, to justify some unneeded expenditure to keep the road open. There's a link upthread somewhere but I can't find it.
The A6006 work is described as being "urgent repair work", so I would imagine it to be coming out of a maintenance budget and not necessarily from funds released for electrification.
The bridge has been open for a number of months now. When it reopened there were temporary roadwork style traffic lights provided. from what you say it sounds like the permanent signals aren’t yet in service. This bridge and a nearby one are a blot on the countryside with their brutalist concrete structures.
The actual quote in #7830 said:
If it is, MMLE will have to survive next year's Spending Review for it to be an effective yes.
The A6006 is carried by a different bridge (Kirk Hill) on the other side of Sutton Bonington; Marle Pit Hill (where the repairs will happen) is ~1.25 miles NNW thereof. Granted, the parish quote doesn't make that distinction explicit.
Interesting. It's still described on one.network as an ongoing closure and the finish date has periodically gone out 4 weeks at a time; perhaps whoever's uploading the information forgot to reclassify the works.
I suspect now that the "ongoing closure" will remain until such time as all works are complete, as road closures will be required to commission the lights.
Confirmation, if it were needed, that funding for electrification beyond Wigston (other than the limited tasks already done) is still not committed at present. Where the A6006 bridge works are concerned May 2025 isn't written in stone.
Excellent questioning but a poor answer.
So where's the budget coming from? I thought approval for Syston-Trent was awaiting the spending review and looking dicey?
This is a good question.
Distance from St Pancras in km and metres? If so, do they belong to the electrification teams as civil use imperial (miles & chains)?
Yes to the distance from St Pancras, it was discussed last month when first noticed. Post #7743 reads that it’s exactly how the electrification masts are identified.
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The original A46 is an under bridge so presumably would not need much work.
I must pay closer attention in future!Yes to the distance from St Pancras, it was discussed last month when first noticed. Post #7743 reads that it’s exactly how the electrification masts are identified.
MML Electrification: progress updates
For what it’s worth, 159km is about 99 miles, the distance from St P to Leicester. Whether it’s a measurement for electrification or some other civils work, [shrug emoji] Most likely the latter - IMO a bit coincidental that the number seemingly pertains to the distance from STP. But as ever, I...
If you mean the A46 dual carriageway bridge, then to my eye the parapets look like they will need raising for electrification.
I do mean the A46 dual carriageway and not any historic ex-A46.
Yes, that is the only dual-carriageway bridge over the MML between Leicester and Trent (I think the A453 is still single where it crosses the MML, but it is a long time since I was up there). The A52 is dual-carriageway over Toton, but that is north of Trent.
From Google Streetview, there seems to be plenty of space to work on the parapet without impinging too much on the carriageway.
Clearly a long time. The A453 has been dual carriageway from the M1 to the A52 for about a decade now.
Yes to the distance from St Pancras, it was discussed last month when first noticed. Post #7743 reads that it’s exactly how the electrification masts are identified.
MML Electrification: progress updates
For what it’s worth, 159km is about 99 miles, the distance from St P to Leicester. Whether it’s a measurement for electrification or some other civils work, [shrug emoji] Most likely the latter - IMO a bit coincidental that the number seemingly pertains to the distance from STP. But as ever, I...
As far as I am aware, All departments use the same survey points.
The original bridge is still in use for one carriageway, and this is likely to be the one needing attention. A new one was added alongside when it was dualled. That one is noticeably higher, presumably to meet the latest clearance standards for new bridges, and I would expect it to have compliant parapets. If they are raising the parapets on the older bridge then it means the bridge itself doesn't need replacing.
I read that as the bridge on Kegworth Road, in Ratcliffe, which is much older than either bridge on the A453 (Remembrance Way) and will need raised parapets, and could well need bridge lifting or track lowering.
