Calls for bridge repairs to be included in council's budget

OPPOSITION LABOUR GROUP SAYS 'IT'S A NO-BRAINER'

- By ANDREW SPENCE

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THE Labour group on Hull City Council has called for repairing Sculcoates Bridge to be the council's 'New Year's resolution'

The bridge has been closed to traffic since March 2020 due to it being at "risk of collapse".

In late 2025, the council announced the first of three phases of refurbishment work had been completed on the bridge, known locally as Chapman Street Bridge.

The council also announced it was looking into starting work on the second phase of the Grade-II listed structure's refurbishment.

Despite these announcements, a time frame for the bridge's reopening was not given. Instead the council simply said it is a "key step" in its five-year infrastructure plan.