Experienced bridge restoration company appointed to lead Corporation Bridge Works

Activity has re-started on Corporation Road Bridge, as an experienced bridge restoration company is appointed.

UK company, Taziker, brings vast bridge restoration experience and has been brought in by North East Lincolnshire Council to progress the project.

With more than 50 years’ experience, the British firm based in Chorley, have successfully completed repair and restoration work across the country – from a National Trust Grade B listed bridge in Scotland to the Grade I listed Royal Albert Bridge in Cornwall, which is more than 150 years old.

One of its most famous contracts was a major conservation project on the iconic 1779 Iron Bridge in Shropshire – the world’s first iron bridge.

The company arrives on site just weeks on from the announcement by Historic England that the project had been awarded a grant of £495,000 to support the restoration of Corporation Road Bridge.

Cllr Stewart Swinburn, portfolio holder for highways and transport, said: “The involvement of a firm with such a proven history of working with complex and historic structures, is good news.

“The recent grant from Historic England is also a huge vote of confidence in our determination to get this project over the line, and that is what we will do,” he added.