Boxted Bridge - Investigations into installing a temporary footbridge

Essex Highways is currently exploring provisional options to install a temporary footbridge to allow pedestrians and dismounted cyclists to pass over the river while Boxted Bridge remains closed due to safety concerns.

A preliminary design for a temporary structure is being developed, which will provide information to allow Essex Highways engineers to assess its feasibility.

In the meantime, we would like to remind you that additional information regarding the existing structure is available in the current planning application, which was uploaded to the Essex County Council and Babergh District Council planning permission portals in September. 

For details of the consultation expiry date, please refer to the portals.

Link to ECC website: https://planning.essex.gov.uk.

Essex County Council application ref: CC/COL/106/21

Link to Babergh DC website: https://www.babergh.gov.uk/planning

Babergh District Council application ref: DC/22/00050.

We will continue to share key updates with the community as they become available.