How London threw £46m into the Thames
An expensive project becomes an expensive mistake
IT WAS to be London’s answer to the High Line, New York’s ribbon of park in the sky. The north end swathed in wisteria and summer snowflake, primrose and willow covering the south, the Garden Bridge would have connected Temple Underground station with the South Bank of the Thames. But on August 14th the charity that had been overseeing the construction of the bridge cancelled the project, following the withdrawal of financial guarantees by Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor. Serious questions about the management of the aborted project are now being asked.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Dumping £46m in the Thames”
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