I must admit I did notice that these escalators were still open
yesterday afternoon - in that case though, why cause so much chaos in
the rest of the complex when the only escalators that can be being
replaced are probably the least crowded i.e. the ones from the DLR to
the westbound District/Circle Linees. Also, why do they headline the
project as 'splitting Bank and Monument stations' when they quite
clearly aren't?

This morning TFL appear to have shown some common sense and opened up
the steps and passageway to the Central Line from the top of the Bank
side DLR escalators, albeit in one direction only. This seems to have
relieved congestion considerably though matters were probably helped
by the fact that the DLR was only running trains from Island Gardens
and Mudchute so not so many passengers were coming into the station.
Not sure if the spiral staircase route down to the Northern Line/DLR
was also open as I had to run for a train and didn't notice.