UPDATE: Three-day 'deep clean' of Boston footbridge postponed

St Botolph’s Footbridge, near The Stump, was due to undergo maintenance work between Sunday (February 4) and Tuesday.

This is now expected to take place between Sunday, March 3 and Tuesday, March 5.

A spokesman for Lincolnshire County Council said: “It’s been put back due to the specialist contractor availability. We’d previously pencilled in and agreed February but were told late last week they weren’t available until March.”

ORIGINAL STORY:

An award-winning footbridge in Boston is set to undergo a ‘deep clean’, but pedestrians are being told to expect some disruption while the works take place.

Lincolnshire County Council will be carrying out maintenance to St Botolph’s Footbridge, which crosses the Haven near the Stump, from Sunday (February 4) to Tuesday.

This will include the removal of algae from the structure.

The footbridge will be closed while the works are being carried out.

A signed diversion route will be in place, leading pedestrians to Town Bridge.

The footbridge will only be closed while the contractors are on site, however.

A spokesman for Lincolnshire County Council said: “We are carrying out a deep clean of the footbridge and our crew will also be carrying out an inspection of the structure as they go.

“We will get these works completed as quickly as possible to keep any disruption to a minimum for pedestrians.”

St Botolph’s Footbridge – in its current form – was opened 10 years ago next month.

The cost, £750,000, was met by the county council and the European Regional Development Fund.

Its predecessor, a narrower structure, was officially opened in 1972 (exactly 42 years earlier on February 28).

A year after it opened, the new footbridge took the top spot in the medium project category of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) East Midlands Merit Awards.