Bridge vote: the council publishes both plans in full
Repair or replace? The documents behind the 4 November vote are now online (sample story).
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Desk editor: Maya Lindqvist (sample). In this week’s issue: pages 3 to 6.
Two bridges, one vote
The old Wend bridge carries 9,000 crossings a day and needs $4.2 million of repairs. A new bridge 400 metres downstream would cost $7.8 million and close the old one to cars (sample figures).
We walked both routes with a wheelchair user, a delivery driver and the head of the primary school on the far bank. This week’s issue sets out what each plan means for them, what the council has promised and what it has not.
By Maya Lindqvist. Photographs by Sam Okoro (sample). In print on pages 4 to 6.
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New cycle route along the river opens to the station
Two kilometres of separated cycle lane now link the valley villages to the station (sample story).
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