Work to begin on latest stage of city bridge rebuilding scheme

The next phase of a multi-million pound project to rebuild a major bridge in Leeds city centre starts next week.

Construction began in summer this year to rebuild the Regent Street flyover, which carries traffic over the A61 Regent Street, after it reached the end of its usable life.

Over the past five months the southern bridge sections have been demolished, new abutments and a pier have been built and concrete repair works have been undertaken to nearby retaining walls.

Work to fit the new southern bridge steel beams will start from 10 December.

This will involve a series of night closures which will run for eight consecutive nights between the hours of 10pm to 5.30am the following day.

A specialist mobile crane will be used to negotiate the bridge beams – weighing a total of 220 tonnes – into place.

Leeds City Council chief officer for highways and transportation, Gary Bartlett, said: “I would firstly like to thank people for their ongoing patience while this essential project is carried out and apologise for any inconvenience caused.

“We are working hard to ensure the works are delivered safely and efficiently while minimising disruption as much as possible.

“We are working with local stakeholders and businesses to mitigate the impact of these works during the busy Christmas period and we appreciate this is even more important at this time.

“We have rejigged our programme so major works will now be completed overnight and we will be reopening the main routes during the daytime.”

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