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Esplanade investigations – what was found

May 15, 2018

Thank you for your patience while we carried out investigations on the Esplanade. As you will have noticed, the hoarding has now been partially taken down. This is because the ...

Rochester Bridges from the Guildhall 14th May 2014 ft 1

Rochester bridge refurbishment 2018, advance notice

March 7, 2018

The Rochester Bridge Trust is preparing to carry out a major refurbishment of Rochester’s bridges, and this blog post is to introduce you to the project, to reassure you and ...

Lane restrictions on Rochester’s bridges

January 23, 2018

Motorists are advised there will be temporary single lane closures on the bridges at Rochester, and at the end of the Esplanade, overnight on Wednesday, 24th January, to enable essential ...

Sympathetic lighting for a listed bridge

December 8, 2017

When people think about ‘old’ gas lanterns, they tend to imagine a warm orange glow, but that’s not necessarily the reality. Instead, the colour of light produced by a gas ...

Footway restrictions on Rochester’s Old Bridge

December 6, 2017

Pedestrians are advised there will be a temporary footway closure on the Old Bridge at Rochester for two days from Monday, 11th December, to enable essential works to take place. ...

New ornate lighting for the Old Bridge

December 3, 2017

We’ve already mentioned prototype designs for new ornate lighting on our Old Bridge, but why do we need to replace what’s there? There are many reasons, but in brief – ...