The Business Exchange Bath & Somerset Issue 16: Summer 2020 | Page 20

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The final parts of Bath’s iconic
new bridge arrive in the city
The last two parts of the Bath Quays bridge supers
have arrived in Bath from Belgium – and residents
invited to name the bridge in a new online compet
The vehicles which arrived on 19th May follow the delivery of
the first two sections of the bridge and travelled via the same
route on the Zeebrugge-Tilbury ferry, with police escort on
arrival in Bath due to the width of the vehicles.
Once completed the 60m long steel bridge will be the
first new crossing point over the River Avon in Bath for 100
years, providing a new route for pedestrians and cyclists and
greater connectivity around the city.
Bath & North East Somerset Council is set to launch
a bridge naming campaign inviting residents to submit
their suggestions online. A panel of nine community
representatives will compile a shortlist with the best two
submissions being put to a public vote before the name is
announced at the end of 2020.
The bridge, commissioned by the council following an
international design competition, has been made by Belgian
steelwork fabricator Victor Buyck who will also install the
bridge later this year.
The scheme is part-funded with £1.9m from the West of
England Local Enterprise Partnership through the Local
Growth Fund, administered by the West of England Combined
Authority.
Councillor Tim Ball, cabinet member for Housing,
Planning and Economic Development, said, “Bath Quays
bridge is an exciting development for Bath that will allow
pedestrians and cyclists to move around our city more easily
by connecting the riverside with the city centre. We are
developing long-term changes to the way people commute
and the bridge will support a move towards more walking
and cycling. This significant new landmark will need a
special name, so I’d encourage residents to get involved in
our naming campaign.”
West of England Mayor Tim B
funded through the Local Grow
ambition to see more people cy
of England. This installation is a
Quays development and will co
for commuters when the bridge
Prof Steve West, Chair of the
Enterprise Partnership, added,
the Local Growth Fund is helpin
latest stage in the development
new bridge is another piece of t
closer together in the future.”
Each part of the bridge has b
supports by Victor Buyck before
together. They will remain there
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