Hammersmith Bridge could stay closed until 2035 It could take another decade and £250,000,000 worth of repairs before Hammersmith Bridge will reopen to cars.
Ms Anderson told the BBC News Local Democracy Reporting Service that if the last government had started and ‘they’d got on with it six years ago, we could have done it, but everything seems to have slowed down.’.
Sarah Olney, a Lib Dem MP for Richmond Park, said the failure to commit to the bridge repairs previously ‘a stain on the former Conservative government’s legacy.’.
Putney MP Fleur Anderson said that even if the work started now, it would take ’10 years of building.’.
There are variables we couldn’t even have imagined six years ago that have come in, so the longer it’s left the harder it seems to get,’ she added.
