REPLICA IS BEST OPTION

9 February 2005

Following the consultation on the future of the Slip Bridge, has Swansea Council considered one of the cheaper options, of replacing it with a replica on the same site? I believe it would be a civic tragedy if the bridge and all traces of it, the supports and steps, were to disappear from the Swansea Bay landscape forever.

I personally favoured the restoration of the original bridge, but if this has not got majority support and is deemed too expensive, I would urge the council seriously to consider the compromise, replica option.

Richard Teulon
Spring Terrace
Swansea