Revealed: More money went on failed Garden Bridge than TfL has spent maintaining Thames’ crossings in last decade - New Civil Engineer

Revealed: More money went on failed Garden Bridge than TfL has spent maintaining Thames’ crossings in last decade - New Civil Engineer

... More money was spent developing plans for the failed Garden Bridge project than Transport for London (TfL) has spent on maintaining 25 River Thames crossings during the last 10 years, it can be revealed. ...

... As previously revealed by NCE, TfL has already spent £16.7M on investigations, feasibility, design, monitoring and early works for Hammersmith Bridge, with a further £4M committed to repair work that is now underway. That is more than a third of TfL’s total maintenance spend on all River Thames crossings during the last decade (see breakdown below). ...

... Last week, TfL meeting agenda papers revealed that the cost of patching up London's surface transport assets has increased by 762% during the last five years. This includes all bridges and tunnels in the Capital as well as River Thames crossings. ...