Monday 6 January 2014

The Bridge (2)

I bought the January issue of the local newsletter after I posting my initial comments about the disappearance of Lorne's iconic Swing Bridge. This contained some more information about the bridge's demise.

It seems that the bridge was closed (we are told, for safety reasons) last March. The planning process was then said to be “in motion”, but at least one resident claims to have heard nothing. Then in the space of 5 hours, supposedly without any notice at all, the bridge was demolished in November. As the letter writer says, “No farewell to a piece of Lorne history, no consultation yet again with the people who use and love it – just gone”.

Hardest hit, it seems, was the previous operator of the cafe on the bank of the river. No-one could get to him over the winter months, and he departed. Some have seen it as unfair that a new operator arrived just before Christmas.

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