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Lowestoft’s third crossing officially named as project given final green light
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…
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Lowestoft’s third crossing at final stage before becoming a reality
Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet will be asked to approve a range of recommendations next week (25 August 2020), which will enable work to begin on Lowestoft’s Lake Lothing Third Crossing. Members of the Cabinet will be asked to approve the project’s final budget, the award of the contract to build the iconic structure and the…
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Suffolk awaits imminent Government decision on Lowestoft third crossing
The Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps has today stated that a decision on the future of the proposed Lake Lothing Third Crossing for Lowestoft, will be made by Tuesday 5May. The Secretary of State had received the Examining Authority’s report in September last year and a decision was initially due on the 5…
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Search for firm to build Lake Lothing Third Crossing gets underway
A tender process to award the contract for constructing the Lake Lothing Third Crossing in Lowestoft will begin on Monday 14 October 2019. It comes as a report following the Public Examination has landed on the desk of the Secretary of State for Transport, whose decision whether to grant consent to build the bridge is…
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Lake Lothing Third Crossing project hosts successful suppliers event
Over 100 attendees from local, regional and national businesses heard how they could be involved in the supply chain for Lowestoft’s Lake Lothing Third Crossing, at an event in Lowestoft today (6 June 2019). This nationally significant project will see a much-needed bridge connecting the north and south of Lowestoft, if consent to build it…
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Local organisations, authorities and MP give formal backing to Lowestoft’s Lake Lothing Third Crossing
The government authority responsible for overseeing projects of national importance, has started its examination into Suffolk County Council’s proposed Lake Lothing Third Crossing project in Lowestoft. Following a preliminary meeting held at The Ivy House Country Hotel in Oulton Broad on 5 December 2018, the Planning Inspectorate has now started its six month examination during…
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Contractor announced and designs to be finalised for Lowestoft’s Lake Lothing Third Crossing
Suffolk County Council has announced that leading civil engineering contractor, BAM Nuttall, has won the contract for the first stage of completing the Lake Lothing Third Crossing in Lowestoft. The contract will start on 1 November 2018. Following a comprehensive tender process and approval by Suffolk County Council’s cabinet, BAM Nuttall will now finalise the…
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Lake Lothing Third Crossing another step closer
The Lake Lothing Third Crossing Project in Lowestoft has reached another milestone, with the planning application now accepted by the Planning Inspectorate. This approval of Suffolk County Council’s application for the development consent order means that the next key stage of the project can begin. As a project of national significance, it now has the…
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Lake Lothing Third Crossing takes another step forward
Suffolk County Council is pleased to announce the next major milestone in the construction of the Lake Lothing Third Crossing in Lowestoft. On 13 July 2018, the formal planning application for this much needed bridge has been delivered to the government’s Planning Inspectorate. Last month, the Suffolk County Council Cabinet considered the results of the…