Calls for ‘no-brainer’ repairs to Sculcoates Bridge to be included…
The bridge over the River Hull has been closed since 2020 The Labour group on Hull City Council has called for repairing Sculcoates Bridge to be the council’s ‘New Year’s resolution.’ The bridge has been closed to traffic since March 2020 due to it being at “risk of collapse.” In late 2025, the council announced the first of three phases of refurbishment work had been completed on the bridge, known locally as Chapman Street Bridge. The council also announced it was looking into starting work on the second phase of the Grade-II listed structure’s refurbishment. Despite these announcements, a time frame for the bridge’s reopening was not given. Instead the council simply said it is a “key step” in its five-year infrastructure plan. The opposition Labour group, led by former council leader Cllr Daren Hale, criticised the “snail-pace” plans to reopen the bridge. The ruling Liberal Democrats dismissed Labour’s critiques as “pointless political point scoring”. Labour are now calling for funding for the bridge’s repair to be allocated in the council’s upcoming budget. The council will set its budget for the 2026/27 financial year at a full council meeting on February 26. Cllr Daren Hale said: “The repair and reopening of Chapman Street Bridge could be carried out without impacting on anything else, because it is already shut. It’s a no-brainer. “It is ridiculous that the ruling Liberal Democrats have failed to deliver on this, despite Labour making sure the money was there in the budget before we lost…
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