Opening date for Great Yarmouth's Herring Bridge revealed
It will link Great Yarmouth with Gorleston
Norfolk County Council's confirmed Great Yarmouth's Herring Bridge will officially open on Thursday 1st February.
The authority says they'll release more details in the coming days, including final plans and timings for the launch, when members of the public will be able to take a walk on the bridge, and when the road will fully open to traffic.
To mark the opening, local residents are being given the chance to enter into a draw to be among the first people to travel across the new bridge, riding aboard the seafront road train.
Councillor Graham Plant, cabinet member for highways, infrastructure and transport said: “I am thrilled that we now have a date for the official opening of Herring Bridge.
"The bridge will be an important link between Great Yarmouth and Gorleston which will improve links through the area, transform travel across the town and provide a massive economic boost to our region.”
Councillor Penny Carpenter, Mayor of Great Yarmouth, said: “This has been an amazing project with the local community showing real interest, from helping to choose the name for the new bridge to now having the opportunity to be some of the first to use it.
“The Great Yarmouth land train is a popular local attraction, so it only seems right it is one of the very first vehicles to make its way across Herring Bridge.”