Work on replacement for Destructor Bridge in Bath to start next week

“Could be First, but I keep getting rejections from the TIB website... I'll stop pressing the "submit" button!! :(”

“Is First running this website now? Just like buses, all our messages seem to be coming in threes now!”

“It beggars belief that B&NES has approved construction of this new bridge. The new design is dull dull dull, a missed opportunity to put Bath on the 21st-century architectural map and furthermore, 18 months to construct? The Victorians would be laughing their socks off!! My goodness me, a team of handy DIY-ers could do it in less time.
If the city is desperate to hang onto the past at all costs, then its future is limited. Adapt and evolve. Embrace the 21st century and move on. Hold on to the good things, protect them if you can, but change where you must. I look forward to a modern Bath that shows the old city, incorporating the new.”

“It beggars belief that B&NES has approved construction of this new bridge; the new design is dull dull dull, a missed opportunity to put Bath on the 21st-century architectural map and furthermore, 18 months to construct? The Victorians would be laughing their socks off!! My goodness me, a team of handy DIY-ers could do it in less time.
If the city is desperate to hang onto the past at all costs, then its future is limited. Adapt and evolve. Embrace the 21st century and move on. Hold on to the good things, yes, protect them if you can, but change where you must. I look forward to a modern Bath that shows the old city, incorporating the new.”

“It beggars belief that B&NES has approved construction of this new bridge; the new design is dull dull dull; a missed opportunity to put Bath on the 21st-century architectural map and furthermore, 18 months to construct? The Victorians would be laughing their socks off!! My goodness me, a team of handy DIY-ers could do it in less time.
If the city is desperate to hang onto the past at all costs, then its future is limited. Adapt and evolve. Embrace the 21st century and move on. Hold on to the good things, yes, protect them if you can, but change where you must. I look forward to a modern Bath that shows the old city, incorporating the new.”

“I see a notice posted at the Destructor Bridge today announcing the closure tomorrow.

But for 18 MONTHS? Just how does it take to replace a bridge in this era of ready-made spans hoisted into place? I can recall the time when, in an emergency (eg flood damage etc), the Army appeared to be able to erect a Bailey Bridge almost overnight.

Why do I think that once again this is more for the convenience of Crest Nicholson than the residents of Bath? Surely at least the new bridge could be put into place and the old road still used while re-development takes place? In the meantime the old gasworks bridge could have been repaired for pedestrian use in readiness forthe closure.

No - once again we will just have to put up with the inconvenience and increased congestion on the ever-dwindling number of publicly-useable road bridges across the river, because BANES can not provide its residents (and council tax payers) with anything better.”

“I see a notice posted at the Destructor Bridge today announcing the closure tomorrow.

But for 18 MONTHS? Just how does it take to replace a bridge in this era of ready-made spans hoisted into place? I can recall the time when, in an emergency (eg flood damage etc), the Army appeared to be able to erect a Bailey Bridge almost overnight.

Why do I think that once again this is more for the convenience of Crest Nicholson than the residents of Bath? Surely at least the new bridge could be put into place and the old road still used while re-development takes place? In the meantime the old gasworks bridge could have been repaired for pedestrian use in readiness forthe closure.

No - once again we will just have to put up with the inconvenience and increased congestion on the ever-dwindling number of publicly-useable road bridges across the river, because BANES can not provide its residents (and council tax payers) with anything better.”

“I see a notice posted at the Destructor Bridge today announcing the closure tomorrow.

But for 18 MONTHS? Just how does it take to replace a bridge in this era of ready-made spans hoisted into place? I can recall the time when, in an emergency (eg flood damage etc), the Army appeared to be able to erect a Bailey Bridge almost overnight.

Why do I think that once again this is more for the convenience of Crest Nicholson than the residents of Bath? Surely at least the new bridge could be put into place and the old road still used while re-development takes place? In the meantime the old gasworks bridge could have been repaired for pedestrian use in readiness forthe closure.

No - once again we will just have to put up with the inconvenience and increased congestion on the ever-dwindling number of publicly-useable road bridges across the river, because BANES can not provide its residents (and council tax payers) with anything better.”

“On a practical note this will make trips to the tip even more difficult than at present as many turn right on exit to cross back over the river to the south side rather than sit in the Windsor Bridge traffic. It is my chosen route whenever my errands take me to the Upper Bristol Road and is a valuable short cut (not rat run) over the river. So another part of town that I will think twice before visiting - Argos included as I can buy online or go to an out-of-town branch.

Not sure how Herman Miller is worth saving and this bridge not though!”

“How about saving the bridge for the future bridge admirers and relocate it to that nice open spot right in front of those old buildings called the cresent and then they could maybe grow as old as those baths!”