Work restarts on Cleethorpes lifeboat station

Work on the new lifeboat station was put on hold in February last year

Work on the new lifeboat station in Cleethorpes has restarted a year after the project was halted.

Construction work on the £3m building began in April 2022 but was put on hold last February after the collapse of the contractor Tolent.

The new station on Central Promenade will allow for a second lifeboat, a more powerful B-class Atlantic 85, to join the existing D-class boat at Cleethorpes.

The work is now expected to finish in late autumn.

The charity told the BBC the new facility would offer improved changing and training facilities as well as a shop.

The RNLI said the restarting of building work was "an exciting moment"

New traffic management measures will be in place during the construction work.

Central Promenade will be closed to traffic during the day near the site with some parking bays, including disabled facilities, moved nearby.

There will be no vehicle access from Brighton Street and a temporary footpath will remain in place.

All traffic restrictions will be lifted at weekends.

Mick Fowler, Cleethorpes RNLI volunteer lifeboat operations manager, said: "This (the new building) will enable the charity to respond more quickly, in a wider range of weather conditions, to a larger variety of incidents.

"The start of the build is an exciting moment for all of our volunteers."

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