{"id":717834,"date":"2026-07-29T20:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/717834\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T20:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:01:08","slug":"menai-bridge-could-close-if-staff-get-more-abuse-motorists-warned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/717834\/","title":{"rendered":"Menai Bridge could close if staff get more abuse, motorists warned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Further abuse towards staff during repairs on a busy bridge could lead to its closure, drivers have been warned.<\/p>\n

Workers were withdrawn over safety concerns earlier this week after a confrontation between a member of the public and staff monitoring vehicles using the 200-year-old Menai Bridge, one of two linking Anglesey to the mainland.<\/p>\n

A reduced weight limit was put in place after the hangers – which lift the suspension chains and the road – were found to need repairs. Other work is expected to take until 2027 to complete, prompting local frustration<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Highway officials said abuse had become a “common feature” and harassment would now be referred to North Wales Police.<\/p>\n

“The latest incident placed the welfare and safety of operatives at risk so the decision was taken to pause operations,” said UK Highways A55 Ltd.<\/p>\n

“There have been several incidents where vehicles have ignored the directions of operatives and crossed the bridge regardless.<\/p>\n

“An overweight vehicle crossing the Menai Suspension Bridge requires a precautionary check to assess any potential damage.”<\/p>\n

Lorries over 7.5 tonnes have had to take a detour since the upgrade work was identified, with checks undertaken and traffic lights installed on the bridge. <\/p>\n

One vehicle which crossed on Monday was found to weigh 15 tonnes although the driver said it was under 7 tonnes, Traffic Wales said in a post on X, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Further abuse towards staff during repairs on a busy bridge could lead to its closure, drivers have been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-717834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717834","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=717834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}