The Garden Bridge

I was told by some horticulturalists that no one was willing to get involved in the on going management as the flora was so narrow that the only employment opps would be litter picking and security. That and it's massively unecological.

 

I'd suggest Widnes, off the top of my head.

Though I'm sure there's someone who'd be as upset about losing a quiet corner on the Ship Canal as I would be about the touristificaton of Temple.

 

(((widnes)))

 

Good piece on Deserter on why it's turned out to be a shit idea

A Garden Bridge Too Far

 

Not to mention public access 24 hours a day, instead of being locked in the evening and small hours.

 

It's fucking wank. I've met Thomas "HeverfuckinBridge" and the guy is a twat. It's not a public bridge...well done Lambeth for refusing to fund for once.

 

London's garden bridge: the end of the road?

Leaked audit report: Heatherwick given job without competitive tender, mates' deals...

 

Today's Times has a news story saying it's doomed ... and a leader supporting it (on, er, the grounds that Sadiq and Lambeth are Labour). With quotes dictated onto the page by Ms Lumley or her PR .

No time to dig out links to the Times paywall.

 

Glad to see it looks like dying a death.

For bridge fans, Dan Cruickshank's "The Bridges That Built London" was repeated at the weekend so its back on iPlayer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jv5nr

 

Garden Bridge funding update

bollox, it's been brought back on the table again, even Sadiq Khan is now in favour. A much more sane solution would be redevelop Southwark Bridge into garden/cycleway. It's only used by taxis, perhaps they could keep using part of it as a shared road space?

They say of Southwark Bridge........"If you're on it you're probably lost."

 

fuck sake

 

Loads of goods/construction traffic too

 

Agree, when all the cuts being made against less well of members of society, some want to plough tens of millions into this. I hear TFL's contribution has been capped at £10 Mil and central gov. still to give £30 mil. Some of that money is MINE!

If you want to pedestrianise a Bridge, could I offer Lambeth or Westminster. Westminster for security ie driving nasty things at parliament and also make it safer for the hoards of tourists.

 

It justs gets better and better London garden bridge users to have mobile phone signals tracked

 

and cyclists, it's by far the safest and most pleasant bridge for getting into the city

 

Reading the link above, I see that TFL is "lending" the scheme the other 20 mil repayable over 50 years. Just outrageous

If I recall, there will be no cycling on the bridge, nor kite flying come to that

"The bridge rules, of which 30 are listed, include a prohibition on any exercise other than jogging, playing a musical instrument, taking part in a “gathering of any kind”, giving a speech or address, scattering ashes, releasing a balloon and flying a kite"

 

What about "masturbating off the edge of the bridge into the waters below, in an attempt to invoke a riverine deity"?

 

"exercise other than jogging".

 

Depends if you are with someone or by yourself. If a solo effort, Boris should be at the head of the queue.

 

Is Lambeth taking the Mickey? Will they really have to spend 3.5 million in maintaining a private bridge?

 

They don't have to.
They will though, because they're useless, wasteful twats.

 

The delays have partly been because Lambeth woud not agree to it. I'm guessing that they only gave in
because someone leant on them.

 

And we veer between tut tutting and sniggering at FIFA, IAAF etc. When we have this blatant corruption on a fucking massive scale going on right in front of our eyes and no one seems to have the power/will to do anything about it.

Go UK.

 

How to waste public money, over and over again: The Heckler: why we must stop Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge

 

The government really missed a trick allowing Bridge House Estates to fritter their cash away on dance troupes and YMCA outings. They could have financed this bridge and actually made it a good public project, even locating it somewhere else on the river more suitable.

 

Fritter? Is my ironometer a bit off?

 

Joanna Lumley says: let them have a bridge!
'Tremendously kind and rich people to give a garden to people who maybe never had a garden.'
Joanna Lumley attacks 'evil' TV gender pay gap

 

The sea, get the fuck in it.

 

Feel patronized? You certainly should do.

 

well done those councillors

London garden bridge plans under threat as councillors revolt