London oasis of tranquillity

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£175million pound oasis of tranquility that is. You lucky Londoners, a bit of green on your walk to work.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-305465...

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£175mill for a bridge seems a generous sum to me. I imagine it will come in several million under budget and on time.

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rpguk said:

Agreed, I thought it was wonderful at first. However it's becoming clear that the practicalities doesn't stack up as promised. The idea of it being privately funded seems to have been forgotten. There is no need for a crossing there, it won't be a new green space, it'll be a bridge with a few planters on it.

The whole thing seems to be a bit of a vanity project for Joanna Lumley, Hetherwick and Boris.

Personally I think that turning Southwark Bridge into a 'garden bridge' would be a cheaper and more effective solution if we want to go down this route.

That picture looks lovely they even have the smog obscuring the background