Planning application for the new structure near the seafront is due to be submitted to planners in the next few weeks.
The bridge will cost 750-thousand pounds and a seafront recreation ground could be closed for six months while it is being installed.
Teenager jailed for train station rape
He also sexually assaulted a girl on a train
Anger over planned Plymouth road closure
Traffic would be diverted to congested Deep Lane Junction
Cyclist in serious condition following hit and run
Bovey Tracey road closed for several hours
Paignton shopping centre to become car park
'It has the potential for a catalytic regeneration development'
Devonport dockyard is out of 'special measures'
Safety improves after 12 years of 'enhanced attention'
Duke of Cornwall visits Cornwall
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