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Troubled waters: Will Hammersmith Bridge ever reopen?

London’s ‘disgrace’ has been closed since 2019 and at £250m to fix, it’s a political football no one is taking ownership of, reports Sarah Haque

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Hammersmith Bridge reopening boosted as minister gives strongest signal yet of key funding

Roads minister Simon Lightwood told the London Standard that the project was a ‘compelling candidate’ to be financed through a new £1 billion Infrastructure Fund

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£1million redesign of junctions by Putney Bridge branded a 'disaster'

Residents claim expensive project has wreaked havoc on their lives

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Military-style Thames crossing should be built so Hammersmith Bridge can be repaired, say Tories

Conservative councillors are proposing a temporary structure across the river just north of the existing bridge

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Nearly one in three Outer London motorists driving less due to parking, congestion and bills, new poll shows

Three out of ten Londoners are getting behind the wheel less, according to new survey

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Five million wet wipes cleared from disgusting 'island' in Thames — as false teeth and trousers also found

Diggers scooped up wipes, towels, scarves, trousers, a car’s engine timing belt and a set of false teeth from the river foreshore in west London

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Welcome to ‘Wet Wipe Island’: my day at London’s grimmest new landmark

Two tennis courts’ worth of wet wipes have accumulated in a rotting pile by Hammersmith Bridge. I went along to witness the horrors – and the cleanup operation

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OPINION - Our wasteful culture has led us to Wet Wipe Island - it needs to change

Authorities are resorting to desperate measures to remove Wet Wipe Island near Hammersmith Bridge. It’s fallen to the Port of London Authority, which once ran London’s docks, to remove the equivalent of 15 double decker buses of waste from the Thames.

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London's disgusting 'wet wipe island' to be removed as work begins to excavate 180 tonnes of congealed waste

Work is under way to excavate the estimated 180 tonnes of congealed waste near Hammersmith Bridge

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Watch: Illegal firework display on Hammersmith Bridge sparks blaze at nearby school

Two men have been arrested after an illegal firework display on Hammersmith Bridge sparked a fire at a nearby school on Sunday evening (3 August).

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'Football fans' arrested after illegal Hammersmith Bridge fireworks display sparks blaze near homes

Men with flares detained by police after being tracked by council CCTV to Hammersmith town centre

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Hopes rise that Hammersmith Bridge could re-open with repairs money from £1 billion Structures Fund

Repairing the 138-year-old bridge, which has been closed to motor vehicles for six years, would be a major boost to west London

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Revealed: Government suggested demolishing and replacing Hammersmith Bridge or turning it into a 'monument'

EXCLUSIVE: Ideas for bridge’s future were ‘quickly’ dismissed but the crossing could potentially stay car-free forever, document reveals

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Driving cars in London is a totally pointless activity and I hate it, says Top Gear presenter James May

TV star has idea for Hammersmith bridge - and calls anti-cycling council ‘tw*ts’

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Architects propose bold ‘ribbon’ roads to restore vehicle access to Hammersmith Bridge

Design studio Sybarite and engineers Buro Happold propose constructing ‘elliptical ribbons’ on either side of the Grade II* listed structure

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Hammersmith bridge fiasco: Pedestrians had to queue for 30 minutes to cross Thames

Residents bemoan ‘broken Britain’ as council contractors close walkway at rush hour because of ‘gas leak’

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Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce holds 'constructive' meeting in bid to reopen key London road link

The cost of fully repairing and reopening the bridge to motor vehicles was last estimated at £250m

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Hammersmith Bridge could stay closed to vehicles until 2035, MP warns

Putney MP Fleur Anderson has urged residents to write to the Department for Transport about the impact the closure is still having on their daily lives

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Jordan North hailed as 'hero' after Thames dog rescue but RNLI warns public against similar actions

The I’m a Celeb star, 34, was out on a run when he spotted a struggling Labrador near Hammersmith Bridge at 5pm on Monday

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I’m a Celeb star Jordan North rescued by lifeboat from Thames after saving drowning dog

Capital radio DJ rescued by RNLI near Hammersmith Bridge after member of public raises alarm

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Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce to reopen the key link across the Thames is being reconvened

Any Government funding decision is likely to be made in the Spending Review next spring, the Public Accounts Committee was told

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London bridges chaos: Motorists face delays as FOUR Thames crossings hit with closures or road works

Albert, Battersea, Putney and Hammersmith bridges all affected - but major safety improvements for cyclists and pedestrians

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Master of boat carrying West Ham fans to game when it hit Hammersmith Bridge is fined

Daniel Davis had misjudged water levels in the Thames when his boat caused £100,000 of damage to Hammersmith Bridge, court heard

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OPINION - Rachel Reeves' Hammersmith Bridge vow shows Labour's conundrum

Stop me if you've heard this one before. The shadow chancellor appeared on the radio this morning and, when asked about a crumbling corner of the public realm, agreed it was bad and said a Labour government would fix it. Pressed on whether she was actually committing any funding towards this,…

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OPINION - The Standard View: Labour's offer to London should start with fixing Hammersmith Bridge

Should Labour soon sweep to power, it will receive an unenviable economic and geopolitical inheritance. Such circumstances provide no guarantee the party would win a second term but one policy would at least secure the gratitude of millions of Londoners: finally fixing Hammersmith Bridge.

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