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While the railway remained closed, the contractors began work on stage 2. Easing of lockdown restrictions allowed work on stage 1 to restart in the week of 19 June, with laying of rail completed on 25 June. The following day [[BR Class 50 50035 Ark Royal]] became the first train to cross the viaduct since December while delivering S&T equipment for the new [[Ground Frames at Foley Park|Foley Park ground frame]].<ref name="bljul20">[https://www.svrlive.com/bljul20 Branch Lines, July 2020]</ref> Discovery of roosting bats held up repairs while a licence was obtained from Natural England to allow work to be carried out.<ref name="bljul20"/> Work recommenced in August,<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blsep20 Branch Lines newsletter, September 2020] (Retrieved 29 August 2020)</ref> and the civil engineering work was completed in mid-December with the final piece of corbelling being slotted into place. The contractors then left the site.<ref name=bljan21>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljan21 Branch Lines, January 2021]</ref>
On 1 December 2021 the project was highly commended at the [[Awards|National Railway Heritage Awards]].<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bldec21 Branch Lines, December 2021]</ref> In 2022 10 navvies who perished during the construction of the Severn Valley Railway were honoured with a commemorative blue plaque<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bldec22 Branch Lines, December 2022]</ref>.
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