{"id":818,"date":"2007-09-19T21:48:41","date_gmt":"2007-09-19T21:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/?p=818"},"modified":"2007-09-19T21:48:41","modified_gmt":"2007-09-19T21:48:41","slug":"flyover-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/flyover-fiasco\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyover Fiasco"},"content":{"rendered":"
Full marks to Labour County Councillor Keith Bobbin for uncovering a huge cock-up that caused big delays for people using the Pitsea flyover.<\/p>\n
HIGHWAY bosses have been forced to admit repairs to stop Pitsea flyover leaking failed because they were following the wrong plans.<\/p>\n
Essex County Council has been accused of a cover-up after being forced to reveal the real reason for the botched job.<\/p>\n
The admission comes nearly a year after the Echo exposed water was still seeping through the structure, despite two multi-million pound repairs to the crossing.<\/p>\n
The authority has finally conceded the blunder, which caused months more misery to motorists, in response to questions from Keith Bobbin, Labour county councillor for Pitsea.<\/p>\n
Highways chiefs admitted planning the repairs using an old blueprint for the crossing which differed to how it was eventually built in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n
This meant contractors worked on the wrong parts of the bridge and left leaks in other areas. The estimated cost of work to the flyover has now soared to ?14.5million.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
More in the Echo here.<\/a><\/p>\n