{"id":671271,"date":"2026-07-03T07:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671271\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T07:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:59:16","slug":"new-bridge-linking-counties-at-zouch-set-to-open-to-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671271\/","title":{"rendered":"New bridge linking counties at Zouch set to open to traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">County council leader Dan Harrison said the opening was &#8220;an important milestone&#8221; for local communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s wonderful to see the new bridge open and to provide something that will serve the area well for many years to come,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As well as improving a key route, the project has supported local jobs, businesses and young people, creating a positive legacy beyond the bridge itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The A6006 is a vital link, connecting people to the airport and freeport developments, and we&#8217;ve worked hard to deliver a high-quality, future-ready bridge while keeping disruption to a minimum by building it alongside the existing structure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We know the work has not been without inconvenience, and I&#8217;d like to sincerely thank residents and businesses for their patience and support throughout.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"County council leader Dan Harrison said the opening was &#8220;an important milestone&#8221; for local communities. &#8220;It&#8217;s wonderful to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-671271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}