MER recognised for Ballure Bridge 'engineering excellence'

Friday, 4 March 2016 00:00

Manx Electric Railways has been recognised once again for its 'engineering excellence' on Ballure Bridge.

It's won the 'Medium Project of the Year' category at the Institution of Civil Engineers North West annual awards.

Last year the bridge was named the 'Project of the Year' under 50m Euro winner in the Light Rail Awards 2015.

Jeremy Reece was the chief engineer for the project which cost £1.2 million with more than 14,000 man hours put in:

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