Hopes for the restoration of a historic bridge filled in with a thousand tonnes of concrete are at risk of being derailed after National Highways vowed to fight against the enforcement action. West Norfolk Council has given the agency just four months to remove the material it poured underneath Congham Bridge, over the former South Lynn to Great Yarmouth branch line. But the government-funded company has said the timeframe is “unrealistic” and it insists the work was essential to ensure it was made safe. Hélène Rossiter, head of the historical railways estate at National Highways, said: “This …
