Update – Bewdley Bridge Opening

 

Information just received from James Turner, Senior User Beales Corner Flood Risk Management Scheme

The Beales Corner Flood Risk Management Scheme has been progressing well. We are now in the final stages of finishing the construction work.

Contractors have been working hard to enable the Kidderminster Road and Bewdley Bridge to open to two-way traffic as soon as possible. If they can successfully lay some specialist-coloured tarmac on week commencing 28 July 2025, Bewdley Bridge will be opened again for two-way traffic on Friday 1 August 2025. This specialist tarmac requires dry conditions and cannot be laid in the rain, so we are hoping for good weather that week. The Stourport Road will remain closed into September, with the formal opening of the flood scheme currently being planned for early September.

We will update you again at the beginning of week commencing 28 July 2025 with more details.

Like many people in Bewdley and the surrounding areas, the project team would also like the bridge to open two-way as soon as possible.  We are now into the final weeks and would therefore like to thank you for your ongoing patience and support.