THE BEALES Corner Flood Risk Management Scheme in Bewdley is progressing well and contractors are now in the final stages of completing the construction work.
A lot of hard work has gone into enabling the Kidderminster Road and Bewdley Bridge to open as soon as possible.
Provided the contractors can lay some specialist coloured tarmac next week, Bewdley Bridge will reopen again to two-way traffic next Friday, August 1.
This specialist tarmac requires dry conditions and cannot be laid in the rain, so everyone is hoping for good weather next week.
The Stourport Road will remain closed into September, with the formal opening of the flood scheme currently being planned for early September.
Another update and further details will be given by the contractors at the start of next week.
James Turner, Senior User of the Beales Corner Flood Risk Management Scheme, issued an update via Bewdley Town Council.
He said: “Like many people in Bewdley and the surrounding areas, the project team would also like the bridge to open two-way as soon as possible.
“We are now into the final weeks and would therefore like to thank you for your ongoing patience and support.”
The amount being spent on the flood defences at Beales Corner totals around £2million as part of the Government’s £2.65billion nationwide flood defence investment.
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses will be better protected from flooding as by the record package which, as well as building new flood defences, will also see those already in place repaired and maintained.
