BOATERS BEWARE

Boat-owners using the River Ancholme in Brigg in the spring are being warned to watch out for unusual work being undertaken on one of our bridges.
It's the one carrying the railway line over the New River; you can see it clearly from the Ancholme Leisure Centre.
As part of the extensive refurbishment of the railway line through our town, in the build up to more heavy freight trains passing through, contractors will be working on the railway bridge from scaffold decking suspended below the bridge.
This will restrict 'available navigable headroom to just under half of the normal channel width at any one time'.
The work will be carried out between March 24 and June 23, during which boaters are being advised to 'proceed with extreme caution in the vicinity of these works and to satisfy themselves that it is safe to navigate'.
The Environment Agency's Anglian Region says it regrets any convenience caused.
For further information, contact its Louth office on 08708 506506.