Locks finally being removed from Pero's Bridge

WORK has begun to remove three tonnes of ‘lovelocks’ - padlocks locked onto the rails - on a Bristol footbridge. Council officials began removing the locks first thing yesterday morning, although had stopped for a break by lunchtime with only a fraction of the locks removed.

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Bristol City Council announced back in June this work would happen at Pero’s Bridge, which connects Narrow Quay with Bordeaux Quay across St Augustine's Reach, because they feared the locks were getting too heavy for the bridge - and pledged that this work would be done before the Harbour Festival on the third week of July.