{"id":59590,"date":"2015-07-24T11:20:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T11:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=870d4119f6a774a0fa46dc821543f363"},"modified":"2015-07-24T11:20:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T11:20:17","slug":"press-release-historic-bridge-reopens-after-flood-works-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=59590","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Historic bridge reopens after flood works"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Teesside\u2019s Transporter Bridge will reopen to traffic on Monday (27 July 2015) after vital flood defence work was carried out by the Environment Agency. <\/p>\n<p>The bridge was closed to cars and other road vehicles to allow for road raising to take place as part of the Port Clarence flood alleviation scheme.   <\/p>\n<p>It remained open for pedestrians and cyclists throughout. <\/p>\n<p>It was part of the Environment Agency\u2019s \u00a33million flood alleviation scheme designed to lessen the flood risk to around 350 homes and 32 businesses. <\/p>\n<p>A 35-metre section of the road on the approach to the bridge, which was a flooding issue, was raised by around half a metre. <\/p>\n<p>Other completed work on the Port Clarence scheme includes flood embankments to the east and west of the Wilton site. <\/p>\n<p>Project Manager Chris Milburn said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The road raising was a vital element of the overall scheme to reduce the risk of flooding to homes and businesses in Port Clarence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We\u2019ve completed that aspect of the work and the Transporter Bridge is now open. We worked hard to keep disruption to a minimum and would like to thank residents for their patience.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Environment Agency began building defences at Port Clarence in March, with work expected to be complete in October. <\/p>\n<p>The most recent impact of flooding in Port Clarence was seen in December 2013, when a tidal surge combined with high spring tides affected around 50 homes and businesses. <\/p>\n<p>The \u00a33million scheme is unusual in that it includes a section of removable defence along the River Tees so local business Wilton Engineering is still able to operate from the river. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transporter Bridge is back open following essential flood defence work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59592,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59590\/revisions\/59592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}