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Hammersmith Bridge reopening in a year?

Hammersmith Bridge fiasco could be over in A YEAR with new £6m reopening planhttps://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/hammersmith-bridge-could-saved-thanks-21321347I wonder....  Is it a patch up or a repair?

Ivonne Holliday ● 1399d4 Comments

More detail here - it looks like this is just the first phase - it does not sound like it will be opened to buses and emergency vehicles within a year:The pedestrian stabilisation plan is the first phase of works on the bridge. The second phase will involve extensive strengthening and full restoration and will allow the bridge to reopen eventually to vehicles.Denton is now considering the two current options for the strengthening and restoration work - the existing TfL plan and the pioneering Fosters + Partners/ COWI proposal for a temporary double decker truss.https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hammersmith-bridge-motts-alternative-stabilisation-plan-approved-after-slashing-millions-off-project-cost-16-08-2021/

Ed Robinson ● 1399d

Yes Yvonne - a poor attempt at humour on my part in trying to  allude to the numerous closures over the years and the following statement from the article:"..no longer have to deal with closures or the threat of closures"Humour aside it will probably be months not years before the next closure - assuming it does open that is.

Ed Robinson ● 1399d

I did check the date on the article three times at least.  It has today's date...

Ivonne Holliday ● 1399d

Well I'm glad Heritage England give it the OK but considering the government tells us we have a climate emergency why are these organisations even part of the decision making?"Engineers believe it will also avoid the need to divert the gas mains on the bridge for the stabilisation work.""We don’t want to lose a single day in delivering the full stabilisation of the bridge to ensure residents on both sides of the river no longer have to deal with closures or the threat of closures"Are you sure this is not from 5 years ago too? All sounds very familiar - probably just the previous closures still in mind :)

Ed Robinson ● 1399d