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Old Southcourt crossing now bridge to despair in Lincolnshire
The former Southcourt bridge in Aylesbury is now causing a lot of controversey in Lincolnshire.
Rather than heading for the scrapheap after being replaced by the Bourg Walk, the bridge is instead being recycled, 90 miles away in Spalding.
However, locals there are less than enamoured with Network Rail's plans to replace the current Steppingstone bridge, which is in a dangerous condition, with the Aylesbury structure.
South Holland District Council unanimously rejected the plans, describing the bridge as 'hideous' and 'junk'.
But Network Rail later won an appeal, although it is yet to put up the bridge.
"It is past its sell-by date and they should not be considering fobbing it off in another town just because it is surplus to requirements," said Cllr Roger Gambba-Jones, chairman of the council's development control committee.
"It is the fact it is second hand, the fact it would appear to be a magnet for graffiti with those solid sides, and it is obviously replacing a bridge which visually looks better but is not as practical."
As the photo above shows, the graffiti plastered on the bridge by Aylesbury-based vandals remains for all to see, although a spokeswoman for Network Rail said it had now been taken to a workshop to be cleaned and re-painted.
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