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Fears of more ‘cultural vandalism’ of Victorian bridges in England and Scotland

Campaigners say National Highways preparing sites for filling in or demolition despite ministers ordering pause

Campaigners fear the roads agency is pushing ahead with plans to destroy or fill with concrete more than a dozen Victorian bridges in England and Scotland despite a government pause after an outcry over “cultural vandalism”.

When National Highways poured 1,000 tonnes of concrete and aggregate under a bridge at Great Musgrave in Cumbria, there was a backlash that forced ministers to halt the programme in July.

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