At least five Lincolnshire branches of KFC are open for both delivery and drive-thru as customers in the county look to get their fried chicken fix.
A further two stores – in Skegness and Sleaford – are open for drive-thru only.
The fast food chain announced earlier this month that over 500 locations would be reunited with their favourite fried chicken from a limited menu via contactless delivery.
Drive-thru lanes have also been opened at a number of outlets, with smaller kitchen teams to help observe social distancing.
Click here for the full list of open KFC restaurants, which is the latest at the time of publication.
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The viewing platform looking out onto Brayford Pool will be brought back into use next month as work continues on the £25,000 project.
It’s expected to be completed by mid-February after it’s been blocked from use for almost five years due to being unsafe.
It’s in the same location where controversial plans for a second floating restaurant were rejected by the city council’s planning committee in 2016.
It was then overruled by the government’s planning Inspectorate 13 months later after a successful appeal by The Brayford Trust and Investors in Lincoln. However, as landlords, the city council rejected the plans.
As part of the discussions, the city council proposed a loan and annual grant of £25,000 for The Brayford Trust to carry out dredging and improvement works.
Designs for the floating restaurant on the Brayford. | Photo: Stem Architects
A further grant of around £25,000 has been allocated to the trust by the city council to construct a new viewing platform.
Gelder Group won the tender for the project and started work in the second week of January on the platform.
David Rossington of The Brayford Trust told The Lincolnite the main aspect of the project is making the area safe, as some of the foundations were coming away.
New boards will be put in and extra protection underneath to make them safe, ready for the platform being available for public access.
Once complete, the platform can also be used at events and for outdoor performances.
The platform has fallen into disrepair and was closed off in 2015 due to safety concerns. | Photo: The Lincolnite
Mr Rossington, who has been involved with the trust for seven years, told The Lincolnite: “The trust is delighted to bring the viewing platform back into use.
“It was unused for a number of years for safety reasons and will come back again for the public. It will be there for the enjoyment of the Lincoln public as they walk along the Brayford.”
Phase two of the works at Speakers’ Corner in Lincoln is well underway and expected to finish on schedule this summer.
Phase two, which began on Monday, January 11, will see existing paving upgraded, as well as new street furniture being installed.
It will follow the first phase which was completed and open to the public on December 22, with a new bench put in place around the existing London Plane tree, instead of the demolished kiosk.
Speakers Corner bench is in place, but closed off until phase two paving works are finished. | Photo: The Lincolnite
Site setup for phase two is complete, with workers on site currently digging out the existing hard paving standings at the Cornhill.
A large portion of the area has been fenced off while work takes place, leaving just two pedestrian strips on either side to access both the High Street and the Cornhill Quarter.
There is limited access in the area while works take place. | Photo: The Lincolnite
Despite the cold and wet weather throughout January, progress of the paving removal has not been affected.
This means that phase two works are still on course to be finished in summer this year.
It is hoped that once the area is completed, the walkways will blend in with those at Exchange Square, as well as utilising the space for events.
A look at how the finished development will look. | Illustration: City of Lincoln Council
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