![]() ![]() ![]() In 2019 her predecessor, Zac Goldsmith, a Conservative, claimed that he could get the bridge open if he was re-elected-though that boast was never tested.Ī solution is possible. It might not help that Ms Olney is a Liberal Democrat. The Conservative government in Westminster is more focused on building up infrastructure in northern England, where many of its new voters live, than on repairing a crumbling bridge in an affluent part of London. But Tf L also has a huge budget shortfall, caused by a slump in the use of public transport. The national Department of Transport and Transport for London ( Tf L) have agreed to split the cost of repairs with the borough in equal parts. Its residents use the bridge less than people living in Richmond upon Thames to the south, says Sarah Olney, the local MP. Nor does it feel much compulsion to do so. Even before covid-19 gutted its reserves, it would have struggled to find the £140m or more needed to repair the bridge sufficiently to reopen it to cars and buses (an alternative plan to build a temporary truss and repair the bridge off-site might lower the cost-and be quicker). ![]() Hammersmith and Fulham, the borough north of Hammersmith Bridge, has been responsible for its maintenance since 1985. ![]()
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