How Much Money Was Spent On The Garden Bridge

In total TfL has spent just under 43M on maintaining Thames crossings since 2010 some 10M less than the 53M spent developing plans for the Garden Bridge under Boris Johnsons mayorship.

How much money was spent on the garden bridge. The story of how 43 million of public money was spent on a never-to-be-built garden bridge is a terrifying insight into the political leadership of Boris Johnson By Martin Fletcher and Will Hurst I t was Joanna Lumleys idea. This is the full remarkable story of how Londons floating paradise floundered. The total cost of the Garden Bridge will be 175 million.

A failed plan to build a bridge covered with trees and flowers over the River Thames in central London cost a total of 53m it has been revealed. More money was wasted developing plans for the failed Garden Bridge project than Transport for London TfL has spent on maintaining 25 River Thames crossings during the last 10 years it can be revealed. TfL fully recover any public money allocated to the Garden Bridge project.

The Garden Bridge which was dubbed the worlds most expensive footbridge and would have stretched from the South Bank to Temple was abandoned last. So far 374m of public money was spent on. Of the total spent by the Garden Bridge Trust 43m was public money 24m from Transport for London and 19m from the Department for Transport TfL said on Wednesday.

Launched as a privately sponsored gift to the city Joanna Lumleys tiara for the Thames had soon gobbled up. The total maintenance spend only accounts for capital expenditure by TfL and does not include any additional maintenance funding from local councils. Around 53 million of public money was spent by the registered charity the Garden Bridge Trust which was set up to build and run the London crossing over the River Thames.

If you want to know the official line on where the money has gone I have it in writing from The Garden Bridge Trust. The rest of the money came. In total TfL has spent just under 43 million on maintaining Thames crossings since 2010 some 10million less than the 53 million.

The 43 million wasted on the Garden Bridge dwarves the money involved in other national scandals like the Parliamentary Expenses Scandal c25 million Arms-to-Iraq 43 million Kids Company 3 million or Cash-for-Honours 183 million. LONDON The Garden Bridge a 260 million project designed by Thomas Heatherwick to create a verdant pedestrian crossing between the north and south banks of the River Thames has been officially. Thames garden bridge scrapped by Sadiq Khan.