{"id":17343,"date":"2022-10-17T07:14:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T06:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visit-kendal.co.uk\/?p=17343"},"modified":"2022-10-17T07:14:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T06:14:22","slug":"new-footbridge-opens-here-in-kendal-after-2-million-project-following-storm-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visit-kendal.co.uk\/new-footbridge-opens-here-in-kendal-after-2-million-project-following-storm-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"New footbridge opens here in Kendal after \u00a32 million project following storm damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A nine-year-old who wrote to the county council requesting they build a new bridge has become the first Kendal resident to walk over the new bridge in here in town.\u00a0Brodie Lee\u00a0attended the official opening ceremony of Gooseholme Bridge on Friday 14th October 14.<\/p>\n<p>The new Gooseholme Bridge has officially opened in Kendal, after its predecessor was destroyed by storms seven years ago. The \u00a32 million project to construct the replacement footbridge was delivered by Cumbria County Council with funding partners the Environment Agency, South Lakeland District Council, and Sustrans. The bridge spans 42 metres across the River Kent.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Keith Little, Cumbria County Council cabinet member for highways and transport, said: \u201cThe bridge opening [is] a significant milestone in reconnecting the local community with parts of Kendal and the park, it is an impressive new bridge structure which will last for many years to come.\u00a0This single span bridge that will be fully accessible to all bridge users, providing shared access for pedestrians, cyclists, and wheelchair users.\u00a0The design of the new bridge gives the added benefit of improved and traffic-free access and connectivity for pedestrians, cyclists and wheelchair users \u2013 boosting sustainable transport choices and creating a more efficient transport network in Kendal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bridge also repairs an important link for National Cycle Route 6 between Lancaster and Carlisle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17344\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/visit-kendal.co.uk\/new-footbridge-opens-here-in-kendal-after-2-million-project-following-storm-damage\/brodie-lee-1024x768\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/visit-kendal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Brodie-Lee-1024x768-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brodie-Lee-1024&#215;768\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/visit-kendal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Brodie-Lee-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/visit-kendal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Brodie-Lee-1024x768-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17344\" src=\"https:\/\/visit-kendal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Brodie-Lee-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"Brodie-Lee-1024x768\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visit-kendal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Brodie-Lee-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visit-kendal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Brodie-Lee-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visit-kendal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Brodie-Lee-1024x768-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nine-year-old who wrote to the county council requesting they build a new bridge has become the first Kendal resident to walk over the new bridge in here in town.\u00a0Brodie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[562,399,15],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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