Residents share ‘disappointment’ after location of new Trent crossing is revealed

Readers have contacted Gedling Eye to voice their disappointment over the decision to build a new Trent footbridge near to Nottingham City Centre.

Rushcliffe Borough Council and Nottingham City Council yesterday unveiled plans for a new bridge taking pedestrians and cyclists across the Trent between the Waterside regeneration area on the north bank and Lady Bay on the south.

The bridge, if approved, would be the first to be built over the Trent in Nottingham for more than 60 years.

Many residents in Gedling borough had hoped the new bridge would be placed near Colwick or Netherfield, taking them across the river to the National Watersports Centre.

“It’s disappointing,” said Ray Clarke, who lives in Colwick.

“It’s too far away for me to use. I’d have to get a bus and then take a lengthy walk.

“I was hoping it would be sited behind the Victoria Retail Park and take people across to Radcliffe or the National Watersports Centre. That would have been ideal.

“It would have given people somewhere else to go.”

Lisa Banks lives in Carlton. She messaged to say that she thought the bridge was being built for ‘posh people’.

“The only people using it will be those living in the trendy flats and the posh lot in Lady Bay. It will hardly be used by normal folk, It’s too out the way. A waste of cash if you ask me.”

Benjamin Harris thought it was a ‘missed opportunity’.

“Grabbing a coffee from Starbucks and then crossing the river to take a stroll around the Watersports Centre would have been great as there is so much to do there.”

“We just get pointless expensive roads and more houses,” added Nicky Betts, an IT consultant who lives in Netherfield.

“It would be nice for this side of Notts to get a project that would enhance people’s lives rather than just something functional like shops, houses and roads.”

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