Forth Comming Road Closure
03 December 2011 by Hamst
Motorists are being warned of a forth coming road closure to facilitate the installation of a new cycle/footbridge in the town.
Part of Bridges Road on the towns Westcliff Estate will be temporary closed on Monday 19th of December to allow engineers to lift the new bridge into place. Construction work began on 24th October to prepare the area for the bridge with new paths and bridge foundations being layed (see right). It is one of a pair of bridges set to be installed across both Bridges Road and West Common Lane at a cost of £600,000 in the final stage of a scheme to improve Scunthorpe's Connect2 Ridgeway.
Scunthorpe's Connect2 project is a £3.4 million scheme to improve paths, access and bridges along the Scunthorpe Ridge Walk. It is part of Sustrans nationwide Connect2 scheme which won £50 million from the Big Lottery Fund in an ITV vote back in 2007. The "People';s £50 million" is the largest single lottery grant ever awarded in the UK.
Once this final stage of the cycle route has been complete a portrait bench will be placed along this section depicting three local heros who have been chosen by the people of North Lincolnshire. Cyclists Albert ‘Lal’ White, Jack Tighe and actress Liz Smith will all be represented on a new bench which will be cut from corten steel that naturally rusts to a golden colour, and will stand behind the wooden bench.
Albert “Lal” White was many times English grass track cycle racing champion and more famously a winner of the silver medal at the1920 Antwerp Olympics. He also rode in the 1924 Paris Olympics. He worked at Lysaghts Steelworks and was given light work and not much of it so he could train for his cycling.
Liz Smith was born Betty Gleadle in the Crosby area of Scunthorpe in 1921. Before retiring from acting she was made an MBE for services to drama and was best loved for her role as Norma (nana) in the Royle Family. Some of her other roles included Letitia Cropley in The Vicar of Dibley, Grandma Georgina in the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She also appeared in long running TV shows such as Last of the Summer Wine, The Sweeney and The Gentle Touch.
New cycle path construction between Bridges Rd & West Common Lane
Jack Tighe, still a successful businessman, was an early member of Scunthorpe Polytechnic Cycling club who became a National Champion and an International competitor during his triumphant racing career. Jack has been a devoted supporter of the club for a period delivered by the Club to be unmatched by any other sponsor in the sport of cycling. His active engagement in the sport continued as a leisure cyclist, both at home and abroad, until he was finally persuaded to 'hang up his wheels' at age 74!
The bridge over West Common Lane is due to be installed early next year.
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