{"id":55311,"date":"2022-02-24T17:41:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T17:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/?p=55311"},"modified":"2022-07-01T12:38:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T11:38:03","slug":"shaldon-bridge-opens-after-repairs-a-day-ahead-of-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/shaldon-bridge-opens-after-repairs-a-day-ahead-of-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaldon Bridge opens after repairs, a day ahead of schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Essential works to repair Shaldon Bridge have been completed this evening, a full day ahead of schedule<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It means the road has been reopened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Repairs have been made this week to the lifting span and the fixed section of the bridge, and issues resolved regarding the bridge&#8217;s lifting chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highways teams also took the opportunity to clean all the gullies and undertake patch repairs to the anti-skid surfacing on the steel bridge deck.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"block_6217c26ec1926\" class=\"councillor-quote align-right dcc grid-x\">\r\n\t<blockquote class=\"councillor-quote-blockquote medium-auto small-12 cell\">\r\n                    <div class=\"councillor-quote-title\"><p>Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council\u2019s Cabinet Member for Highways Management said:<\/p><\/div>\r\n        \t\t<div class=\"councillor-quote-text\"><p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u201cThe work done this week was essential, and through hard work the teams have completed it a full day earlier than scheduled.\u00a0 My thanks to them, and to road users for their patience while we&#8217;ve carried out the work.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/blockquote>\r\n        <div class=\"councillor-quote-aside medium-auto small-12 cell\">\r\n\t<figure class=\"councillor-quote-image grid-x\">\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"small-6 cell medium-12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-content\/themes\/dcc-parent-v4\/images\/avatar-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Councillor Stuart Hughes\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\r\n        <figcaption class=\"councillor-quote-description small-6 cell medium-12\" >\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/democracy.devon.gov.uk\/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=156\" rel=\"noopener\">Councillor Stuart Hughes, Cabinet Member for Highway Management<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n            <\/figure>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    \r\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<p>Drivers this evening are advised that the diversion signs are currently still being collected, but are assured that the bridge is open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[986],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-roads-and-transport"],"acf":[],"featured_image":false,"category_priority":false,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2028-04-10 09:45:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55311"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55317,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55311\/revisions\/55317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}