Cambridgeshire County Council and National Highways have expressed differing views on whether or not monitoring equipment is required on an apparently sinking bridge over the A14.
A year after the issue was first reported, the Council say that National Highways has stillnot installed monitoring equipment to discover the rate of movement and inform repairs at Bar Hill bridge over the A14 – despite telling councillors they would do so 12 months ago.
National Highways put a temporary fix in place once the problems were uncovered, says Cambridgeshire Live, however, Councillor Edna Murphy, who represents Bar Hill on Cambridgeshire County Council, said she was ‘furious’ and ‘very shocked’ that monitoring has not yet started.
She said: “I think residents will be furious to find out that National Highways haven’t got around to putting the monitoring equipment in place. It will mean another temporary fix. The Bar Hill councillor has written to National Highways alongside Cllr Firouz Thompson, who represents Longstanton, Northstowe and Over on the county council, to demand an explanation.
The councillors also asked how they can work with National Highways towards a solution.
However, a National Highways spokesperson said: “Land around the Bar Hill bridge on the A14 is experiencing settlement on the embankments. This is not uncommon in structures of this type and the bridge remains stable and safe.
“Ongoing monitoring of this issue has been taking place for over a year, initially in the form of visual inspections by engineers, and this will now be enhanced to include digital monitoring. This is part of a phased assessment process as we continue our work with Cambridgeshire County Council to determine the root cause and put an appropriate solution in place.”
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