A new bridge over the River Trent and better junctions will be needed as Rushcliffe’s population swells, the borough councillor responsible for housing has warned. The wider borough is a popular one for housing, with one village’s inhabitants expected to increase by one quarter in a matter of years. New Rushcliffe MP James Naish raised the rapid expansion as an issue during the General Election campaign. The government is also now proposing new mandatory housing targets, which would require the local authority to build another 222 homes per year — an increase of almost a third. Roger Upton, th…