{"id":66928,"date":"2016-01-27T17:07:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=eff49b2956455a7834c32b6dd668b5f3"},"modified":"2016-01-27T17:07:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:07:42","slug":"press-release-a421-bridge-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=66928","title":{"rendered":"Press release: A421 bridge repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Highways England renovations to the A421 Bedford bypass eastbound and westbound bridge, will begin on Wednesday 3 February and will take 4 nights to complete. The work is due to finish on Tuesday 9 February.<\/p>\n<p>Work to the bridge will be carried out overnight from 8pm and 6am and the road will be closed between the junction with A4280 St Neots Road to the A6.<\/p>\n<p>The closure is required to allow the resurfacing repair work and bridge inspections to take place safely on top of the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Graham, Project Manager at Highways England, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019ll be carrying out the repairs to the bridge overnight when it\u2019s generally less busy \u2013 minimising disruption to drivers. This work is necessary to ensure smoother and safer journeys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I\u2019d urge motorists to plan ahead and allow extra time for their journeys while the work takes place.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There will be clearly signed diversion route, but drivers will be diverted via the A6 Ampthill Road, Rope Walk, Longholme Way, Newnham Avenue and A4280 Goldington Road to re-join the A421 at Renhold interchange.<\/p>\n<p>The work is dependent on suitable weather conditions, and dates may be subject to change.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"general-enquiries\">General enquiries<\/h3>\n<p>Members of the public should contact the Highways England customer contact centre on 0300 123 5000.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"media-enquiries\">Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<p>Journalists should contact the Highways England press office on 0844 693 1448 and use the menu to speak to the most appropriate press officer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work to repair areas of surfacing on the bridge in both directions on the A421 in Bedfordshire is due to begin next week.<\/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\/66928"}],"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=66928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}