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Victory in the fight to reverse heritage bridge infilling

CAMPAIGNERS have been celebrating victory in their battle to have hundreds of tons of infilling concrete removed from below a disused Victorian bridge on a route which has been earmarked for a link between two heritage railways.

At its meeting on June 16, Eden District Council’s planning committee refused retrospective planning permission to Government roadthe infilling project at the 1862-built bridge at Great Musgrave in Cumbria.

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