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London’s Garden Bridge project officially scrapped

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  1. Cancellation, this is the best news for ages. It would have blighted the centre of London and was completely unnecessary. It would also have been a drain on taxpayers many of whom opposed this.

  2. One word – SCANDALOUS!

  3. Up here in the north, we are still putting up with outdated Pacer trains that are years beyond their sell-by date. So no tears from us re. the useless Garden Bridge.

  4. I agree that cancellation is the best news. This was a luxury project when money should be spent on necessity projects. Glad you got a grip TfL.

  5. Having just had the huge pleasure – along with thousands of delighted visitors to NYC – of walking along the ‘Highline’ in Manhattan, built along a disused elevated railway line, it is regrettable that the garden bridge project has had to be cancelled, despite the clearly difficult financial realities. I’ve no idea about the level of competence of the Trust concerned, but it seems to me that some things are worth doing just because ‘they’re worth it’…..

  6. The bridge is a complete waste of money and I am glad it has been scrapped. We need more crossings to the east for more traffic that we will be getting in the next few years.

  7. Andrea Kelmanson – please read this article to see why the Graden Bridge should not and can not be compared to the High Line https://www.facebook.com/TCOSLondon/posts/1094191443945746:0

    In short, the High Line made good a disused railway line – it was a genuine regeneration project that is currently suffering from being too ‘gentrified’. The Garden Bridge would have bastardised protected views of London with its brand new, unnecessary, wasteful vanity project that would’ve been wholly private/corporate and brought dangerous congestion to an overcrowded part of London that already has 26 million visitors. It would have privatised a public right of way – a large boulevard of open green public space, over 35 x 25m high mature trees and a large grassy area – left to Londonders who don’t have a garden. Where’s the sense in that?

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