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{{As of|2018}} the Trust has another bid seeking £1,018,100 from the HLF for a large part of the initial estimate of £1.275 million total project total cost. In June 2017 the Trust secured £71,800 of HLF financial backing to develop its bid.<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, and receive HLF’s final decision in January 2019.<ref>ShareholdersPreliminary structual investigations in Summer 2018 however revealed two gas mains, one live, which are thought likely to increase the cost and SVR' Newsletter, undated</ref> s contribution. If successful in securing HLF support, the SVR would intend to complete undertake this urgent project in two stages by , with the first stage from December 2019 to April 2020necessitating closure of the railway between Bewdley and Kidderminster from the end of Santa services until Easter. Subsequent works will involve replacing damaged brickwork and corbelling, and repointing throughout.<ref>[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-projects/falling-sands-viaduct.html 'Falling Sands Viaduct', Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust website] (Retrieved 31 March 2018)</ref><ref>Shareholders' Newsletter, undated</ref><ref>SVR News 203</ref>