Changes

'''February 1970''': : The Civil Engineering Department welded more than a ton of steel plates onto the bridge girders of [[Hay Bridge]] to strengthen it. :On 23 February the SVR entered into an Agreement with Salop County Council that the Company would dedicate the necessary land to build Bridgnorth Bypass, which would sever the line south of Bridgnorth. The SVR would then be responsible for construction of a [[Bridgnorth Bypass Bridge|bridge over the bypass]]. This agreement was necessary before the LRO could be granted to reopen the line.

'''September 1970''':[[Bridgnorth#Footbridge outside Bridgnorth Station|Hollybush Road Footbridge]] was closed by Bridgnorth council on 30 September. '''October 1970''': :The water tank from Henley in Arden was moved to its new location on the hill behind [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth station]]. : Following the closure of Bewdley Station, the SVR advised BR that it was not interested in acquiring any of the line from Bewdley to Stourport, which was affected by a number of road schemes. However the SVR would be interested in acquiring the line from Milepost 144½ at [[Alveley Sidings|Alveley]] to Bewdley and Foley Park, in order to maintain their main line access. In October, BR Estates Department advised the SVR that Salop and Worcester County Councils, who legally had first refusal, did not wish to acquire the railway land, and that the cost to the SVR would be £74,000. On At an informal General Meeting at Kidderminster Town Hall on 23 October the SVR members agreed in principle to proceed, although the cost was significantly more than the Society had previously raised to date.