Grimsby and Cleethorpes MP in new blast at Corporation Road Bridge repairs delays

                                             

Melanie Onn: 'It's an absolute disgrace' 

GRIMSBY and Cleethorpes MP Melanie Onn has again vented her fury at what has become known as the "Corporation Road Bridge fiasco".

In her monthly question-and-answer session on the social media platform, Facebook, she fumed: "My goodness, what an absolute disgrace - the amount of money that has gone down the drain on this project is ridiculous."

The MP said she had been disturbed to be told that repairs had been delayed "for months"because staff employed by the original contractor had been working on other projects elsewhere.

Since then, a new contractor has been appointed by North East Lincolnshire Council, but there is still no word on the likely reopening date, nor on the prospective size of the final bill.

Ms Onn noted that the repairs were being funded largely by NELC and Whitehall and that "public money was hard to come by".

Her understanding was that NELC was seeking reimbursement for some of its expenditure but she had no further detail on this.

She said  that, henceforth, there should be no "wriggle room for delays".

"There has to be appropriate scrutiny and management," she insisted.

* During the 30-minute Q&A session, the MP confirmed that she had attended this week's  meeting of  Labour MPs and had given her support to Sir Keir Starmer continuing as Prime Minister for the sake of stability.