Footbridge set for £200,000 removal in coming days
The footbridge at Caerphilly railway station
Caerphilly County Borough Council has confirmed when it will remove one of the footbridges over Caerphilly Railway Station.
The footbridge, which has been fenced-off since July 2023 due to being “unsafe”, will be removed in the coming days at a cost of £200,000 having been earmarked for removal since February.
There were calls to replace the bridge, but the council opted against this, saying it would cost nearly £2 million.
The bridge itself will be removed on July 28, with work to begin in preparation on Friday July 26.
Caerphilly Railway Station’s pay and display car park, next to the bridge, will be closed from 7pm on Friday July 26, and will reopen in “the afternoon” of Sunday July 28.
The station’s park and ride carpark will be closed from 7pm on Saturday July 27, with parked vehicles allowed to leave up until midnight on Saturday.
From then, the carpark will be closed to all vehicles until 2pm Sunday.
On the other side of the station, residents needing access to King Edward Avenue will have “limited overnight/early morning closures” imposed.
Vehicle and pedestrian access to the King Edward residential estate will be maintained between bridge lifts, according to the council.
The bridge removal itself is scheduled between 12.20am and 8.45am on Sunday July 28 under a “rail line blockage”.
Train services will run as per Transport for Wales’ timetable outside of the overnight rail blockage.
The council added all work is subject to chance based on the weather.
The Footbridge isn't being replaced it was removed yesterday the weather was good and a massive crane took our bridge down, school children in that area will have an extra five minutes walk back and for to school, I should imagine there's been a footbridge there for well over a hundred years, apparently replacing the bridge would cost nearly £2,000,000 maybe Caerphilly Council could find a second hand bridge.
I know these Councils overspend on plush offices and other silly items anyway their short of the readies at the moment maybe we should have a whip round for poor Caerphilly Council.
