A MAJOR programme prompted by the Boxing Day floods should see more than £3million heading towards East Lancashire - where some of the most significant damage was caused.

Up to £1million has been earmarked to repair Dinckley footbridge, which suffered 'severe structural deformation' as it was battered by the rising River Ribble.

An estimate has yet to be placed on how much it will cost to remove 1,000 tonnes of soil which careered down the the side of Lee Quarry at Bacup during the freak weather conditions.

And at least £616,000 is wanted to repair a crack in the A646 Burnley Road at Cliviger, where a further landslide has caused a crack in the main carriageway. Road engineers have deemed this a 'high priority' as it is the main route between Burnley and Todmorden.

The Lancashire Telegraph has previously reported on similar damage to Dunsop Road at Whitewell, part of the Duchy of Lancaster estate, which will cost £370,000 to put right.

The Department for Transport has allocated £5million for the infrastructure work, which will be incorporated into Lancashire County Council's highways programme for the year.

Mike Kirby, the county council's director of corporate commissioning, said in a report: "The full cost to repair key local transport infrastructure will not be known until the full assessment of the damage has been completed.

"In the event that the total estimated cost is in excess of £5 million a request will be made to the DfT for additional funding to be considered."

More than 60 schemes have been identified across East Lancashire, ranging from a collapsed retaining wall at Victoria Way and Fallbarn Road in Rawtenstall, costing £246,000, and a repairs around Old Sol's footbridge in Whalley, priced at £10,000.

Cllr Alison Brown, who covers Langho ward on Ribble Valley Council, which includes Dinckley, said: "It is a very historic bridge which is well-used by ramblers and walkers and a crucial link in our walking network.

"It is an awful lot of money, and it's not on anyone's route to work or school, but tourism is vital to the Ribble Valley."

Quarry rider Dave Sutcliffe, who confirmed the rest of the routes at the venue and nearby Cragg Quarry were passable, said on social media: "Floods and landslide have washed away the trail on the final downhill at Lee Quarry."

The bridge, footway, culvert and highway schemes identified for the initial £5million, with an estimated costing, include:

Rural footbridge, Barley, £10,000

Dinckley Footbridge, £1,000,000

Old Sol's Footbridge, Whalley, £50,000

Lee Quarry (landslip) - no current estimate

A646 Burnley Road, Cliviger, £616,875

Riley St and Sowerby St, Padiham, no current estimate

Mount Lane, Cliviger, £2,468

Cotton Row, Manchester Rd, Dunnockshaw, £18,506

Burnley Road, Cliviger, £3,701

Gorple Rd, Worsthorne, £3,701

Barnoldswick Road, Pendle, £37,013

Robinhouse Lane and Southfield Lane, Nelson, £7,403

Victoria Way and Fallbarn Road,Rawtenstall, £246,725

Bacup Road and Baron Street, Rawtenstall, £7,403

Cowpe Road, Waterfoot, £18,506

Longacres Drive, Whitworth, £7,403

Dunsop Road, Whitewell, £370,125

Longridge Road, Longridge, £61,688

Slaidburn Road, Waddington, £3,701

Newton Road, Newton, £3,701

Burnley Road, Simonstone, £30,844

Garstang Road, Chipping, £2,961

Burnley Road, Gisburn, £4,935

Trough Road, Dunsop Bridge, £1,234

Wigglesworth Road, Easington, £2,714

Longridge Road, Chaigley, £3,701

Burnley Rd, Gisburn, £1,851

Wigglesworth Road, Tosside, £1,234

Knowsley Rd, Wilpshire, £1,851

Thornley Road, Thornley, £3,701

Lowergate, Clitheroe, £3,084

Slaidburn Road, Waddington, £2,468

Whalley Old Road, Billington, £6,169

Green Lane, Chipping, £6,169

Whins Lane, Simonstone, £6,169

Victoria Way, Rawtenstall, £50,000

Victoria Way, Rawtenstall, £70,000,

Bocholt Way, Rawtenstall, £10,000

Bocholt Way, Rawtenstall, £40,000

Ribchester Bridge, £25,000

Billington Bridge, £25,000

Higher Hodder Bridge, £25,000

Lower Hodder Bridge, £25,000

Lower Standen footbridge, £10,000

Orchard Bridge, Burnley, £20,000

St Saviour's Footbridge, Ribble Valley, £10,000

Road Hall Hill, Whitewell, £50,000

Elmridge Lane, Chipping, £20,000

Unidentified footbridge, Ribble Valley North East, £15,000

Whalley Sluice Footbridge, £10,000

Holt Mill Bridge, Waterfoot, £20,000

Moss Side Street, Whitworth, £2,000

Moss Side Lane, Chipping, £36,000

Rimington Lane, Rimington, £8,000

Nickey Lane, Mellor, £7,000

Longridge Road, Chaigley, £2,000

Whalley Road, Stonyhurst, £2,400

Forty Acre Lane, Longridge, £4,000

Clitheroe Road, West Bradford, £4,500