Construction of the Gull Wing bridge in Lowestoft has reached another key milestone with the opening of a new access road. Colin Law Way is to be fully operational for traffic, cyclists, and pedestrians from 5am on Monday May 9. The road is named after Colin Law, who was leader of the former Waveney District […]

Roads minister Baroness Vere was in Lowestoft to see progress on construction of the Gull Wing bridge. The Baroness, who is Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport and Minister for Roads, Buses and Places, saw for herself work taking place on the crossing at Lake Lothing in a visit on Friday March 25. She was […]

The first major steel section of the Gull Wing bridge in Lowestoft has arrived. The North Approach Viaduct (NAV1) section arrived at the construction site on Lake Lothing on Tuesday March 1 on a barge following a 32-hour crossing from Ghent in Belgium. Leading building and civil engineering contractor Farrans is constructing the bridge for […]

New site offices for Gull Wing project staff have been officially opened today (Wednesday 28 July 2021), as work on Lowestoft’s new bridge continues to make good progress. The offices were formally opened by Councillor Matthew Hicks, leader of Suffolk County Council, who was able to make his first Covid-secure visit to the site, since […]

Nearly 300 businesses took full advantage of a webinar last week (3 March) to better understand the local commercial opportunities on offer from Suffolk County Council’s £126m Gull Wing project in Lowestoft. Organised by Suffolk Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the council and Farrans Construction, the virtual event resulted in a strong turnout from […]

Work is now underway on two new bridges on the East Anglian coast, promising to bring huge economic benefits locally. The Third River Crossing in Great Yarmouth is managed by Norfolk County Council, and the Gull Wing project in Lowestoft by Suffolk County Council. The projects are just 10 miles apart and have a combined […]

Construction of Lowestoft’s Gull Wing will get underway early in 2021, following final approval of the scheme today (Wednesday 25 November 2020) by the Government. The Gull Wing project team at Suffolk County Council received official confirmation that its full business case has been approved, meaning that the £73.39m funding from the Department of Transport […]

Suffolk County Council has announced that leading building and civil engineering contractor, Farrans, has been appointed to construct the Gull Wing, Lowestoft’s third crossing over Lake Lothing. More than 50 local employment and training opportunities will be created by Farrans and the wider supply chain. A comprehensive tender process was run over the summer and […]

Preparations for Lowestoft’s new Gull Wing bridge have started with an archaeological survey. Now that Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet has given the final green light for the project, Suffolk-based company, Archaeological Solutions Ltd, is digging trial trenches to find out if there are any archaeological remains relating to activity on the river’s edge. There are […]

Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet has unanimously approved the building of the Lake Lothing Third Crossing in Lowestoft, now officially named as Gull Wing by children from Somerleyton Primary School. It will be Suffolk’s most significant infrastructure development in recent memory and one of its most visually iconic. It sits alongside several integral projects to transform […]