New cable car crossing for River Thames!

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Mayor announces world-class consortium to construct London’s cable car http://www.london.gov.uk/media/press_releases_mayo...

Could be interesting, hopefully not going to end up like the wobbly bridge!

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I have just watched the video animation of the proposed cable car, I have to say it looks pretty good and I am sure it would be a good tourist attraction. I enjoyed the one over Barcelona Harbour a couple of years back.

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youngsyr said:

Guess who picks up the bill if TFL cannot find sufficient sponsorship?

Strikes me that it would be better to secure sponsorship before building, rather than the other way around, but hell, it's only taxpayers' money. Who cares?!

This whole argument about investing tax payers money I can understand, however I was proven wrong when they finally opened the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, it has been a resounding success and from what I understand brings in a lot more money than the initial investment.

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munky said:

Which is fine if the cable car goes from somewhere lots of commuters are, to somewhere lots of commuters need to get to. I'm not sure there's a huge commuter demand from the dome to the eXcel centre. For a tourist attraction fine, but the BBC at least was portraying it as a green alternative to the evil CO2 producing traffic jams crossing bridges & tunnels

I thought there were quite a few people living in these areas? It is London isn't it.