It looks like the garden bridge is going to wither and die. That £45,000,000 worth of prime compost will have to be sent to the EU.

Here is part of the Mayor's recent press release.

"The package of new river crossings to be built in the next five to 10 years will vastly improve travel across the capital, while supporting new affordable homes and business opportunities in East London.

They include:

Plans for a new pedestrian and cycle bridge linking Rotherhithe & Canary Wharf to be accelerated
A series of enhancements to be made to the proposals for Silvertown Tunnel to make it greener and more public transport-focused, and exploring further benefits for local residents who use the tunnel
A DLR crossing at Gallions Reach, helping support the development of around 17,000 new homes across Newham and the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Further assessment work for a Barking Riverside-Abbey Wood London Overground crossing
Further assessment of a North Greenwich-Isle of Dogs ferry, supporting new development on the Greenwich Peninsula and the Isle of Dogs."

Offramp wrote:
It looks like the garden bridge is going to wither and die. That
£45,000,000 worth of prime compost will have to be sent to the EU.

Here is part of the Mayor's recent press release.

"The package of new river crossings to be built in the next five to 10
years will vastly improve travel across the capital, while supporting new
affordable homes and business opportunities in East London.

They include:

Plans for a new pedestrian and cycle bridge linking Rotherhithe &
Canary Wharf to be accelerated
A series of enhancements to be made to the proposals for Silvertown
Tunnel to make it greener and more public transport-focused, and
exploring further benefits for local residents who use the tunnel
A DLR crossing at Gallions Reach, helping support the development of
around 17,000 new homes across Newham and the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Further assessment work for a Barking Riverside-Abbey Wood London Overground crossing
Further assessment of a North Greenwich-Isle of Dogs ferry,
supporting new development on the Greenwich Peninsula and the Isle of Dogs."

Yes, those sound a lot more useful than the pointless, unwanted,
ridiculously expensive shrubs on piers.

The Barking-Abbey Wood crossing might make it easier to visit Bazalgette's
magnificent but remote Crossness Pumping Station that's hard to get to
using public transport (you walk past the grim setting of A Clockwork
Orange):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...57670263516073

In message , at
01:43:14 on Sun, 9 Oct 2016, Offramp remarked:
"The package of new river crossings to be built in the next five to 10
years will vastly improve travel across the capital, while supporting
new affordable homes and business opportunities in East London.

Affordable homes and business opportunities on the bridge. That's a
throwback the Mediaeval times. Perhaps we could also arrange to have
criminals' heads mounted on stakes at either end too.
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
01:43:14 on Sun, 9 Oct 2016, Offramp remarked:
"The package of new river crossings to be built in the next five to 10
years will vastly improve travel across the capital, while supporting
new affordable homes and business opportunities in East London.

Affordable homes and business opportunities on the bridge. That's a
throwback the Mediaeval times. Perhaps we could also arrange to have
criminals' heads mounted on stakes at either end too.

Huh? Who said anything about homes and business opportunities on the
bridge?

"Recliner" wrote in message
...
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
01:43:14 on Sun, 9 Oct 2016, Offramp remarked:
"The package of new river crossings to be built in the next five to 10
years will vastly improve travel across the capital, while supporting
new affordable homes and business opportunities in East London.

Affordable homes and business opportunities on the bridge. That's a
throwback the Mediaeval times. Perhaps we could also arrange to have
criminals' heads mounted on stakes at either end too.

Huh? Who said anything about homes and business opportunities on the
bridge?

try "supporting" (new affordable homes)

tim

In message , at 14:53:54 on Sun, 9 Oct 2016,
Recliner remarked:

01:43:14 on Sun, 9 Oct 2016, Offramp remarked:
"The package of new river crossings to be built in the next five to 10
years will vastly improve travel across the capital, while supporting
new affordable homes and business opportunities in East London.

Affordable homes and business opportunities on the bridge. That's a
throwback the Mediaeval times. Perhaps we could also arrange to have
criminals' heads mounted on stakes at either end too.

Huh? Who said anything about homes and business opportunities on the
bridge?

try "supporting" (new affordable homes)

In East London, not *on* the bridge.

That would be enabling; bridges support things *on the bridge*.

That's why their supports are called... err... supports.
--
Roland Perry

Offramp wrote:
It looks like the garden bridge is going to wither and die. That
£45,000,000 worth of prime compost will have to be sent to the EU.

More on the Garden Bridge. It seems Cameron was the ultimate backer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37616161

On Tuesday, 11 October 2016 17:03:14 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
Offramp wrote:
It looks like the garden bridge is going to wither and die. That
£45,000,000 worth of prime compost will have to be sent to the EU.

More on the Garden Bridge. It seems Cameron was the ultimate backer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37616161

An opponent of the Garden Bridge said how the amount of money spent on it so far is the equivalent of TWO Millennium (Wobbly) bridges!

Offramp wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 October 2016 17:03:14 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
Offramp wrote:
It looks like the garden bridge is going to wither and die. That
£45,000,000 worth of prime compost will have to be sent to the EU.

More on the Garden Bridge. It seems Cameron was the ultimate backer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37616161

An opponent of the Garden Bridge said how the amount of money spent on it
so far is the equivalent of TWO Millennium (Wobbly) bridges!


Yes, I think that's right. Now, whether it gets built or not, it will be a
model of how *not* to do public sector procurements.

On 12/10/2016 02:45, Recliner wrote:
Offramp wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 October 2016 17:03:14 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
Offramp wrote:
It looks like the garden bridge is going to wither and die. That
£45,000,000 worth of prime compost will have to be sent to the EU.

More on the Garden Bridge. It seems Cameron was the ultimate backer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37616161

An opponent of the Garden Bridge said how the amount of money spent on it
so far is the equivalent of TWO Millennium (Wobbly) bridges!


Yes, I think that's right. Now, whether it gets built or not, it will be a
model of how *not* to do public sector procurements.


I suggest it will be more a model of how not to let "national treasures"
drive policies. Joanna Lumley stitched up Ministers so thoroughly over
letting gurkhas come to the UK[1] that I don't blame them from heading
for the bunkers when she backed another vanity project.

There are times I ponder the Treasury having power to task 00 agents


[1] Something the military and civil service had grave reservations
about all along because - as we have seen - the law of unintended
consequences has a wide reach.


--
Robin
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