Ribblehead viaduct revealed in all its glory in time for a staycation summer cravenherald.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cravenherald.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
OYSTERS
…Eating them might be like licking snot off a tortoise but there is little argument about the benefits these molluscs bring to our coastal waters. They are essentially the caretakers of the oceans, acting as natural water purifiers by cleaning out pollution from seas and rivers. Around 1,300 native oysters have been returned to waters in River Conwy, North Wales, as part of a project to bring back these creatures from the brink of extinction. The Wild Oysters Project – a partnership between Zoological Society of London, Blue Marine Foundation, and British Marine – aims to restore healthy, resilient coastal waters to the UK. In a bid to restore native oyster populations, nurseries filled with oysters will be suspended underneath marina pontoons in Conwy Marina and Deganwy Marina.
Ribblehead Viaduct WORK to restore the world-renowned Ribblehead viaduct for rail passengers and tourists in North Yorkshire is now complete. Visitors to the Ribble Valley can now see the iconic piece of Victorian railway architecture in all its glory after months of specialist repairs by Network Rail. Since November 2020, 100ft high scaffolding towers have moved across seven of the viaduct’s 24 arches to carry out masonry, drainage and repainting work. The £2.1m investment as part of the Great North Rail Project will secure the Grade II listed structure s future as both an historic landmark and vital railway link on the Settle-Carlisle railway line.
Network Rail delivers £116M of upgrades over the Easter weekend
More than 600 projects were undertaken on the UK rail network over the four day Easter weekend including two bridge pushes to upgrade an underpass below the Chiltern main line at Bicester.
The £12.3M scheme involved moving two precast concrete underpasses, weighing up to 1,600t, into position below the rail line to reduce traffic congestion in Bicester as part of a project for Homes England, Oxfordshire County Council and Cherwell District Council.
After removing 400m of track, engineers from Story Contracting and Network Rail excavated 21,000t of ground from the embankment the precast units were moved into position using a Mammoet self-propelled modular transporter.
Network Rail: £400,000 improvements at a Cheshire railway station are unveiled chesterstandard.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chesterstandard.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.