New Bridge for East Cliff, Preston
A temporary bridge put up in the 1970s to replace a crumbling Victorian bridge is to be demolished and replaced with a new bridge.
Bailey bridge, what was Vicars bridge, is being revamped as part of work on the Park Hotel and the East Cliff area. The new bridge will also allow for a cycle path into Avenham and Miller Park unlocked for the first time.
Plans lodged by Cassidy + Ashton, on behalf of Lancashire County Council, state: “The development will result in the loss of an asset of low significance as a heritage asset and its replacement with a new permanent bridge.
“Looking at the wider impact upon the Avenham Conservation Area, the current bridge is unattractive and out of place. It is essentially a temporary military structure which bears to relation to its setting and looks at odds with the adjacent listed building and the Conservation Area as a whole”.
The full plans can be seen on the Preston City Council website and comments can also be left there.
