please empty your brain below
4- I liked the old Hungerford pedestrian bridge, and thought the two new replacements were a waste of money

John | 05.12.22 - 8:17 a.m. | #

Thank you for your persistent research

Alan(oapski) | 05.12.22 - 8:19 a.m. | #

Hopefully some kind spirited person will now transcribe the 45 pages you have discovered into a Wikipedia table linked off the main article.

And perhaps worth a FoI, but to which government department?

MilesT | 05.12.22 - 8:54 a.m. | #

DCMS

HTFB | 05.12.22 - 9:12 a.m. | #

I remember how disgusted I was that, at a time when there were very few safe and convenient ways for cyclists to cross the Thames in central London, two new crossings were to be built without any provision for cyclists.

Tony | 05.12.22 - 9:21 a.m. | #

I never quite figured why they did the hungerford / jubilee bridge on both sides of the river. the original scheme was to do it on only one side and i think that looked a lot better (and would have cost around half as much)

I agree with the comment about cycling, but the challenges with all these bridges (including the new one near battersea) is finding landing space to land a cyclable ramp.and be close enough to other routes to be useful. the new blackfriars paths show how it was better to make the roads safer

Alistair Twin | 05.12.22 - 10:24 a.m. | #

I suspect the money spent on wetlands publicity achieved more useful results than some of the rather pricey ones...

cau1khead | 05.12.22 - 10:36 a.m. | #

I am in awe of your sleuthing.

Jonathan Wadman | 05.12.22 - 11:01 a.m. | #

Your perseverance paid of - an interesting list.
The cost of some makes my eyes water though!

Cornish Cockney | 05.12.22 - 11:10 a.m. | #

Some very worthwhile projects there. Personally I love the pair of bridges that replaces the dingy old Hungerford Bridge, giving alternative views down the Thames.

Southwark Bridge CS7 works as a safe cycle route across the Thames.

Mikey C | 05.12.22 - 11:29 a.m. | #

Wow what a list. So much investment, so much genuine legacy. Very little of it no longer exists.

The last two links seem to be broken fyi.

dg writes: fixed, thanks.

Sean | 05.12.22 - 11:51 a.m. | #

I too thought the Tate Modern might be ugly. But as it turned out, the collection of modern art from 1900 on turned out to be mainly fascinating. I don't care too much about the additional space now needed for contemporary art, but I know other people will greatly appreciate the update.

Hels | Homepage | 12.12.22 - 5:45 a.m. | #











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