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Sutton Bridge A17 roundabout to feature two wooden boats as an idea to improve gateway into Lincolnshire




Efforts are being made to improve visitors’ first impressions into a village — and the whole county — with a special feature planned for a busy roundabout.

Concerned residents in Sutton Bridge have expressed that the entrance to the village from Norfolk is a let down and ruining what should be a picturesque gateway into Lincolnshire.

Coun Jack Tyrell, South Holland District Council’s portfolio holder for environmental services, has been ‘fishing around for a boat’ to secure on top of the A17/Bridge Road roundabout. Has found the perfect vessels and given the green light by Lincolnshire County Council.

Coun Jack Tyrell, South Holland District Council’s portfolio holder for environmental services
Coun Jack Tyrell, South Holland District Council’s portfolio holder for environmental services

He said: “I have found two wooden long boats that are both perfect.

“I wanted something as people came over the bridge entering South Holland and lit up all year round and at Christmas.

“They look very tidy but I will pick them up and take them to the Men’s Shed.”

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Lincolnshire County Council will assist with the project by tidying up the roundabout and providing a source of electricity.

Coun Tyrell said: “The idea is that they are pushed into concrete and as there is a mast on top it can be used to put the lights on.

“We have had permission to work on the roundabout and clean it.”

The idea has been two years in the making and Coun Tyrell is keen to improve the area, also having installed a new disabled toilet block in West Street, Long Sutton.

Travelling from Norfolk across Sutton Bridge should be an attractive experience and an enticing opportunity to get people to visit the village but residents do not believe this is the case and brought the issue up at a previous parish council meeting.

Villagers have cited dog mess, rubbish in bus shelters untidy kerbs and the grotspot Bridge Hotel are giving the wrong impression for visitors to the area at a time when when it is hoped that more may come to walk the new King Charles III England Coastal Path sections from Hunstanton to Sutton Bridge and Skegness.

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