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Extensive repairs are needed to secure the Viaduct. Water has seeped into the structure causing cracks and erosion, and there is a speed restriction in place.

{{As of|2018}} the Trust has another bid under consideration seeking £1,018,100 from the HLF for a large part of the £1.26 275 million project total cost. It has plans to raise additional funds from other sources. In June 2017 the Trust secured almost £72,000 of HLF financial backing to develop its bid, and the HLF would make a final decision in September 2018.<ref>SVR Facebook 18 June 2017</ref> The SVR has the challenge during 2018 of raising matched funding of £275,000 for which the Trust is co-ordinating efforts, and for which it has launched an appeal. The SVR intends to submit the bid by October 2018.<ref>Shareholders' Newsletter, undated</ref> If successful in securing HLF support, the SVR would intend to complete this urgent project in two stages by 2020.<ref>[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-projects/falling-sands-viaduct.html 'Falling Sands Viaduct', Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust website] (Retrieved 27 April 2017)</ref>

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