Plans for a new bridge connecting two Grimsby business parks have been withdrawn just days after being submitted.

Officers at North East Lincolnshire Council say they want to revisit the plans for the bridge, which would connect Europark at Genesis Way with the Great Grimsby Business Park on Laforey Road and would be exclusively for buses and bicycles.

Currently, there is only a footbridge over the Town’s Croft Drain connecting the two business parks.

The application was validated on Friday, September 27 but just 10 days later, a decision was made to withdraw it.

A council spokesman confirmed the move was made for more detail to be added to the plan but could not say when a new application would be submitted.

According to the original proposals, the development would have had a two-way “bus and cycle only” carriageway with a shared footway.  Automatic number plate recognition cameras were to be put in place to catch any other vehicles trying to use the bridge.

Bus services were to be rerouted in a bid to reduce journey times and attract more passengers, with a view to making the council-subsidised routes more financially sustainable.

The current bus route to Europarc heads up the A180 and loops around the business park before heading back into Grimsby. The planned new routes will either head down Estate Road No.1 or Estate Road No.5, going through the Great Grimsby Business Park and into Europarc.

But concerns have already been raised by Great Coates Parish Councillor Mike Stewart, who was worried about the safety of vehicles going down the nearby Woad Lane to access the site.

North East Lincolnshire Council has been asked for further comment.