Sarah Barker

Construction on Lincoln’s new Travelodge hotel has reached its first big milestone with the completion of the main structure.

At a topping out ceremony on Wednesday, April 18, developers celebrated the 27,600 man hours that have gone into the site so far.

As previously reported, the City of Lincoln Council purchased the new hotel building currently under construction on Tentercroft Street in the city earlier this year for £13 million.

(L-R – Front) Keith Skayman, Andrew Wharton, Nick Pettit and Rachel Casey. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite

The building is due to be completed in November when the council will lease it to Travelodge Hotels Limited for 25 years.

The hotel chain will also have the option to extend the lease for a further 25 years.

Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite

Travelodge on Tentercroft Street, which is being developed by York-based S Harrison, will consist of 127 bedrooms, breaking down into 60 double bedrooms, 61 family rooms and six accessible rooms.

Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite

Of these, 28 will be ‘super rooms’ which contain a desk, multiple USB and charging points across the room.

The hotel will also have 22 dedicated car parking spaces and the main entrance to the hotel will lead to the reception, breakfast area, café, bar and seating area.

Jason Wilson, project manager at RG Carter told The Lincolnite: “The topping out ceremony today was all about bringing good luck to the building.

“We are still in front of schedule and we are currently on budget and the development is healthy.

“The site is due to be completed by us in November before being passed on.”

Minster Surfacing has revealed plans to increase its green credentials with the construction of a new recycling plant in Lincoln.

The firm, which is based on Horncastle Lane, Dunholme, is one of the only companies in the country to use innovative technology which enables it to recycle and reuse material that’s removed from old road surfaces and turn it into foambase, which can be reused.

Teams at the firm are currently recycling around 50% of the material which is removed from roads, however the proposed new mobile recycling plant would enable the firm to recycle more.

Foambase produces 32% less CO2 than hot asphalt and can be laid using the same machinery and tools.

The production of this recycled material would help in saving money as up to 85% of roads across the UK contain coal tar, which is deemed hazardous and sending this material to landfill costs the taxpayer £100 per tonne as it has to be safely disposed of.

A spokesperson for Minster Surfacing said: “Due to our location and the design of the mobile foambase plant, we expect that it’s impact on the local environment will be minimal.

“We’re confident that it won’t cause disruption for local residents or a blot on the landscape since it’s height is no taller than Minster’s vehicles or adjacent buildings.

“Instead, the mobile foambase plant will enable the company to work faster, reducing the disruption caused by our work around the county and it will cut our carbon footprint.

“We’re hoping to have the new plant up and running this summer.”