Garden Bridge (London)

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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 35 "  N , 0 ° 6 ′ 47"  W.

Garden Bridge
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use footbridge
Crossing of Thames
place London
overall length 367
width 30th
building-costs 175 million pounds
start of building possibly 2016
completion 2018
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Garden Bridge (London) (Greater London)
Garden Bridge (London)
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London Garden Bridge map.svg
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The Garden Bridge is an unrealized project for a pedestrian bridge over the Thames in London . It was to connect the City of Westminster on the north side with Lambeth on the south side.

The special thing about this bridge should be the extensive planting with trees, flower beds and bushes. The bridge should be 367 meters long and 30 meters wide. The project was designed by Thomas Heatherwick in collaboration with Arup , while Dan Pearson was responsible for the garden design. The project was discontinued in August 2017 for cost reasons.

planning

The project goes back to an idea by actress Joanna Lumley in 1998. In November 2013 the Garden Bridge Trust was founded to organize the financing and construction of the bridge; The chairman was Lord Davies of Abersoch . The cost of the bridge was estimated at £ 175million in July 2014 , with London Mayor Boris Johnson and HM Treasury each pledging £ 30million, the rest to be privately financed. The building permit process was initiated on May 30, 2014. The council of the London Borough of Lambeth (responsible for the south side) gave its approval to the project on November 12, 2014, the City of Westminster council (responsible for the north side) did the same on December 2nd, 2014. Construction work was in progress in 2015, the opening was planned for 2018. During the design phase, Arup and Thomas Heatherwick made use of Building Information Modeling .

Criticism and project attitude

The project was always controversial. In November 2014 it was announced that the bridge could not be used by cyclists or groups of more than eight people; it would also be closed from midnight to 6 a.m. Although the bridge was actually a privately funded project, the public purse was supposed to contribute £ 60 million. The City of Westminster made the approval conditional on Transport for London assuming permanent maintenance costs, which were estimated at £ 3.5 million annually. In addition, the bridge is nothing more than a "vanity project" with which Mayor Johnson wants to distinguish himself.

The project closed in August 2017 after an investigation by Parliamentarian Margaret Hodge showed that the project cost exceeded the last estimated £ 200 million. The project by then had consumed £ 46 million in public funding.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Garden Bridge by Heatherwick Studio. (No longer available online.) I like architecture, archived from the original on April 15, 2015 ; accessed on April 7, 2015 .
  2. ^ The hanging garden of London: funding drive begins for UK's first 'floating paradise' bridge. The Independent , November 1, 2013, accessed April 7, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Views sought on River Thames garden bridge. BBC News , November 1, 2013, accessed April 7, 2015 .
  4. ↑ London's Garden bridge: 'It feels like we're trying to pull off a crime'. The Guardian , June 24, 2014, accessed April 7, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Application Summary. Lambeth Council, May 30, 2014, accessed April 7, 2015 .
  6. ^ London's River Thames garden bridge backed by council. BBC News, November 12, 2014, accessed April 7, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Garden Bridge over River Thames set to go ahead after planning permission granted by Westminster Council. Evening Standard , December 3, 2014, accessed April 7, 2015 .
  8. ↑ London Calling: The use of BIM in major projects in London. (No longer available online.) BIM Blog, July 20, 2015, archived from the original on September 28, 2015 ; Retrieved August 25, 2015 .
  9. ↑ London's garden bridge: the public park where groups and cyclists aren't welcome. The Guardian, November 19, 2014, accessed April 7, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Revealed: Boris Johnson's duplicitous handling of London's garden bridge. The Guardian, July 20, 2015, accessed August 25, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Alexander Menden: Built on Lies , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , August 30, 2017, p. 9
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