The HRE Group is an alliance of walking, cycling and heritage campaigners, civil engineers and greenway developers acting to safeguard threatened disused railway structures. Highways England, acting for the Department for Transport, has plans to demolish or infill hundreds of structures, compromising future greenway schemes by blocking or severing the routes they span or carry.
RR has sent a letter of support to the HRE Group. Graeme Bickerdike from the HRE Group has asked if the club (and individual members) could post letters of objection when (or should) further planning applications be lodged for inappropriate permanent infilling of bridges. The RR Chairman will do this and will also make individual members aware of the issue via our usual club communication channels.
This RR page is dedicated to the Press Releases and associated articles issued by the HRE Group.
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Jul 26 – Fight underway to prevent Hertfordshire bridge “vandalism”
Campaigners have taken a first step towards securing the future of a historic railway bridge, with hundreds signing a petition against an infilling scheme proposed by National Highways. See More»
Oct 24 – Unlawful bridge scheme gets retrospective approval
HRE Group Press release: The masonry arch on Rudgate near Tadcaster infilling See More»
May 24 – Inquiry to determine fate of historic Norfolk bridge
HRE Group Press release See More»
Apr 24 – Campaigners’ delight at Sussex bridge refurbishment plan
HRE Group Press release: Church Road Bridge in Barcombe will be repaired See More»
Mar 24 – Council to decide future of Yorkshire’s historic infilled bridge
HRE Group Press release: The skewed masonry arch on Rudgate near Tadcaster See More»
Feb 24 – Cumbrian bridge works challenged as infill removal cost is revealed
HRE Group Press release: Great Musgrave bridge See More»
Dec 23 – Spring deadline to restore buried Norfolk bridge
HRE Group Press release: Bridge at Congham See More»
Oct 23 – Cumbria’s historic “overloaded” bridge to reopen without strengthening
HRE Group Press release: Bridge at Great Musgrave unfilled See More»
Sep 23 – Norfolk bridge awaits its fate after “harmful” infilling
HRE Group Press release: The latest news on the bridge at Congham See More»
Aug 23 – Cumbrian bridge emerges from infill “vandalism”
HRE Group Press release: The latest news on the restoration work at Great Musgrave See More»
July 23 – “Unacceptable” bridge closure divides Cumbrian community for months
HRE Group Press release: The latest news on the work at Great Musgrave See More»
May 23 – Opposition grows to Norfolk’s unauthorised bridge infill
HRE Group Press release: The latest news on St Andrew’s Lane bridge at Congham, Norfolk which was infilled in 2021 See More»
May 23 – Battle stations over Norfolk’s unauthorised bridge infill
HRE Group Press release: The latest news on St Andrew’s Lane bridge at Congham, Norfolk which was infilled in 2021 See More»
Mar 2023 – “Missed opportunity” as National Highways rejects request for material from infilled bridge
HRE Group Press release: The latest around Great Musgrave See More»