Peace Bridge pieces arrive

Ilex, the urban regeneration company today announced the arrival of the first two sections of the Peace Bridge at Lisahally, having been transported from Wales by land and sea.

Brenda Fraser, Ilex’s Director of Development explained: “The remaining eight river sections of the Peace Bridge will be delivered over the next five weeks after which it will be assembled and transported by barge on the River Foyle. This is an important event and in September everyone in the city will be able to follow the journey of the bridge from Lisahally to Ebrington where it will be erected”.

The third bridge across the River Foyle, the Peace Bridge has been given 13,343,476 from the European Union’s PEACE III Programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). The programme’s theme of Creating Shared Public Space aims to support large scale infrastructure developments that will tackle problems of separated communities by creating genuine new shared space or transforming contested space.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

The contract for the design and construction of the Peace Bridge has been awarded to NI company Graham Construction and a high quality design and construction team comprising of Wilkinson Eyre, London (architects), AECOM, Beckenham, Kent (structural engineers) and Rowecord, Wales (steelwork fabrication).

Related topics: