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Work on the vital crossing over the River Severn, as part of new flood defences being installed by the Environment Agency, was due to be completed by the 2025 school holidays.

Businesses say they fear for the future of Bewdley town centre, including Load Street, if tourists and visitors from neighbouring towns get put off by the five mile diversion route.

The construction, which was expected to go on for nearly two years, is pushing entrepreneurs, such as Hossy Saghri from The Mug House Inn, to breaking point.

Ben Workman reports.

A spokesperson from Bewdley Town Council said: 'We are now in the final stages of finishing the construction work. Contractors have been working hard to enable the Kidderminster Road and Bewdley Bridge to open to two-way traffic as soon as possible. If they can successfully lay some specialist-coloured tarmac on week commencing 28 July 2025, Bewdley Bridge will be opened again for two-way traffic on Friday 1 August 2025.

'This specialist tarmac requires dry conditions and cannot be laid in the rain, so we are hoping for good weather that week. The Stourport Road will remain closed into September, with the formal opening of the flood scheme currently being planned for early September.'

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