Rhubarb Bridge works in Peterborough are completed

The project was allowed to finish despite projects across the city coming to an end last week, although the contractors will need to return at a later date to put the finishing touches to the pedestrian crossings before they can be used.

Works began in January 2019 at the A47/A15 junction near Brotherhood Shopping Park, with motorists regularly facing lengthy delays.

The controversial scheme has seen the bridge repaired and a new lane of traffic installed at the roundabout, as well as pedestrian crossings put in place across the slip roads.

The project is due to cost £5.5 million of which the council is paying £1.65 million and the Government £3.85 million.

It was meant to have finished last year but was put on hold during the Christmas period to ease traffic congestion.

The bridge was originally due to be demolished despite the council receiving warnings in a safety audit that pedestrians could be killed every two years at the slip roads, with motorists also more likely to crash into each other,

The decision to keep the bridge was only made after a campaign against the plans, although the controversial slip roads remain in place.

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