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Bridge hope for street rail line Thursday, 22 October 2009 A footbridge could be built over the level crossing in Lincoln's High Street as part of a major revamp. Network Rail has indicated it has a "significant sum of money" to upgrade the line through the city. The county council has said this may well include the footbridge, along with a wider scheme to extend an existing pedestrianised area. Despite no plans having been agreed, the authority said there was an "active dialogue" on starting the project. The barriers come down regularly throughout the day and some businesses say footfall can be blocked for up to 15 minutes an hour. Air pollution Lincolnshire County Council's executive member for highways and transport, councillor William Webb, said he expected the city council and businesses to be involved. "We would like to see the congestion in the upper High Street, north of the level crossing, solved if we possibly could. "We are talking, very productively, about how they would like to route buses in the future in and around that area. "It would be an aspiration, but currently no more than that, to extend the pedestrianised area, down to the level crossing." He admitted the current situation was harming the area. "We can't quantify this but we do think a lot of people are put off using the shopping areas in that part of the city centre by the congestion and air pollution."
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