M65 bridge safety 'must be better' after number of falls in East Lancs

Safety assessments have been carried out on a series of Lancashire motorway bridges amid concern over the number of falls that have occurred from them over the past 12 months. A meeting of Lancashire County Council heard that the structures – on a stretch of the M65 in East Lancashire – had been surveyed to determine what could be done to make them more secure.

The matter was raised by Labour opposition group leader – and Nelson East representative – Azhar Ali who acknowledged that several “improvements” had been made over the years. However, he said that it was important to tackle the outstanding issues.“ from people being able to get out onto the bridge or actually out onto the motorway,” he explained.

“I’ve seen small children walking along some of those bridges and just trying to lean over jumping up to try and have a look. Sometimes you wait with bated breath and think, hang on, could have a fall,” County Cllr Ali said. The ruling Conservative and opposition Labour groups crafted a motion on which they could both agree – which was also supported by the Liberal Democrats and Green Party – committing County Hall to taking “all reasonable preventative measures… to reduce significantly the risk of falls and other critical incidents” from and on all the motorways bridges under its control.

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