Road Set To Re-Open After Bridge Repaired

The route linking Fleckney with Great Glen is set to re-open to traffic sometime next week.

Station Road has been shut since the week before Christmas when a van driver collided with a bridge over the canal near Wistow, causing major damage to the structure.

The road is set to re-open next week

Leicestershire County Council says repairs are nearly complete and expect the road to re-open by March 1st.

Another nearby road – Newton Lane – has been shut since last October and was due to be open again next month, although work to upgrade a rail bridge has been halted, meaning the closure is to be extended:

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