Reply to: Garden Bridge Project Scrapped.

[SueEllen]

This and the fact that Corbyn pretty much disowned him suggest that he might be a serious contender once Labour decide to thank Mr Corbyn for his contributions to the Conservative party's successes in recent years.

That's one reason why all well-known Labour MPs have been trying to become a Mayor. You become a successful Mayor and you are clearly a leader.

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So in short we have an alternative which is cheaper as the structure exists already it just needs plants etc on it plus it is still in a wealthy part of London.

Think I may need to write to the Mayor congratulating him on avoiding making me pay for a white elephant...

This and the fact that Corbyn pretty much disowned him suggest that he might be a serious contender once Labour decide to thank Mr Corbyn for his contributions to the Conservative party's successes in recent years.

[SueEllen]

Barnes Garden Bridge also has potential to make some corporate cash. They could hire it out on Boat Race day. You can almost see the finish line from there.

So in short we have an alternative which is cheaper as the structure exists already it just needs plants etc on it plus it is still in a wealthy part of London.

Think I may need to write to the Mayor congratulating him on avoiding making me pay for a white elephant...

[swamp]

Ah, but the Lumley's Garden Bridge was supposed to be a corporate event venue with the Houses of Parliament as a cool backdrop. It was supposed to be as much of a public space as the Sky Garden is.

Barnes Garden Bridge also has potential to make some corporate cash. They could hire it out on Boat Race day. You can almost see the finish line from there.

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Seems a bit dumb to spend 100s of millions on a new garden bridge when there is an existing bridge ready for planting out west:

'Cut-price' Garden Bridge could be created on abandoned river crossing in Barnes | London Evening Standard

Ah, but the Lumley's Garden Bridge was supposed to be a corporate event venue with the Houses of Parliament as a cool backdrop. It was supposed to be as much of a public space as the Sky Garden is.

[swamp]

Seems a bit dumb to spend 100s of millions on a new garden bridge when there is an existing bridge ready for planting out west:

'Cut-price' Garden Bridge could be created on abandoned river crossing in Barnes | London Evening Standard

[bobspud]

The point of it to me is London needed another road bridge out East, more than it needed this garden one.

Theres no local infrastructure to handle another road bridge its time for London to focus on different transport Ideas.

I hardly ever use a tube inside zone 1-2 as most of the time its easier / more healthy to walk.

The problem at the moment is that as the way rail fares stand when Tesla or Mercedes become fully autonomous it will be cheaper for me to climb in one of those and have it bus me back and fourth everyday than it would to use a train...

So much for reducing road use, when a GWR season ticket is more expensive than a 100k executive car...

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The point of it to me is London needed another road bridge out East, more than it needed this garden one.

Exactly.

[MrMarkyMark]

Aye, that's the way to do it...

Shame nobody thought to do the same with all that oil money.

Or the countries gold.

(You stupid taciturn Scottish chunt)

[barrydidit]

Yes it was set up to stop the monarchy of the day being able to raid its coffers for wars and whores. The trouble was that business was so good, soon it had more money than it needed and so it started trying to lose some of it by investing and made even more of it in the process....

They pretty much hit every good investment at the right time for 700 years

Aye, that's the way to do it...

Shame nobody thought to do the same with all that oil money.

[bobspud]

That's a fair point. I saw something about this trust on the telly - isn't it built on the tolls people used to pay to cross the old London Bridge?

Yes it was set up to stop the monarchy of the day being able to raid its coffers for wars and whores. The trouble was that business was so good, soon it had more money than it needed and so it started trying to lose some of it by investing and made even more of it in the process....

They pretty much hit every good investment at the right time for 700 years

[BlasterBates]

London? November. It was full to the fecking brim of tourists.

yeah but now they go to the South Bank.

[barrydidit]

And when was the last time you went there....???

Top Attractions in London's South Bank | South Bank London

yeah sure 20 years ago it was a dump....time moves on

London? November. It was full to the fecking brim of tourists.

[BlasterBates]

And when was the last time you went there....???

Top Attractions in London's South Bank | South Bank London

yeah sure 20 years ago it was a dump....time moves on

[MrMarkyMark]

That's a fair point. I saw something about this trust on the telly - isn't it built on the tolls people used to pay to cross the old London Bridge?

Maybe there's something in their articles which prevented them p1ssing money away on a bridge covered in trees and grass.

The point of it to me is London needed another road bridge out East, more than it needed this garden one.