THE estimated cost of repair work to seven key bridges in Bolton is at least £8.5 million, the BEN can reveal.
That is the 'best guess' prediction of council engineers for essential strengthening work to seven Railtrack-owned road bridges over railways, including £2.5 million for town centre Newport Street alone.
And with six further bridges still to be assessed, the final figure could be even higher.
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