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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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Rachel Reeves says she'll work with Sadiq Khan to help fix Hammersmith Bridge if Chancellor (but doesn't pledge new cash)

Shadow Chancellor gives most detailed insight yet of what Labour government would mean for London

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Hammersmith Bridge: 'At least five more years until it reopens', Londoners told on 5th anniversary of closure

The Grade II* listed crossing was hurriedly closed to vehicles five years ago

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OPINION - The Standard View: It's long past time to fix the Hammersmith Bridge fiasco

A local nuisance, a national embarrassment and international disgrace — just another day for the crossing formerly known as Hammersmith Bridge. Except it is now five years on from the initial closure and the bridge is still shut to motor vehicles.

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Hammersmith Bridge: Government pledges £3m for cycle lane but repair bill still unfunded

The saga over the five-year closure of Hammersmith Bridge took an unexpected new twist on Monday when the Government allocated almost £3m for a new cycle lane.

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Hammersmith bridge should not reopen to cars, says Green mayoral candidate Zoe Garbett

Zoe Garbett says ‘green’ bridge proposal would save taxpayers £250m

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London sorely needs to keep more of its huge tax harvest

City Comment: In a parallel universe where London gets to keep a bit more of its tax revenues, we could have new tube trains and a functional Hammersmith Bridge

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OPINION - Reality check: Susan Hall might win the London mayoral election

In the course of three or so years and more than 700 editions, this newsletter has been known to drop the odd clanger. Typos, of course ('guilt-edged' still haunts me late at night) and even once contriving to use an image of Tower Bridge to illustrate a story about Hammersmith…

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Greg Hands wants TfL to take over Hammersmith Bridge and to reopen it to motor traffic

Hammersmith and Fulham Council has so far spent £30 million into ensuring the bridge remains safe

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West Ham fan boat crash caused £100,000 of damage to Hammersmith Bridge

The boat had been taking West Ham fans to an away match against Fulham but was forced to turn back after getting stuck

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Hammersmith Bridge to re-open to cyclists with temporary lanes

Cyclists will no longer have to dismount and walk their bikes across

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OPINION - Why can't we just repair Hammersmith Bridge?

Robert Moses wouldn't have put up with this nonsense. The man who did more than practically any other to shape modern-day New York would have taken one look at Hammersmith Bridge and ordered it rebuilt at any price. Though, being Moses, it probably would have involved 16 lanes, the unnecessary…

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OPINION - The Standard View: The Hammersmith Bridge saga has become an international embarrassment

Embarrassing, humiliating, a microcosm of why we can’t get anything built in this country. Pick your howl of anguish then treble it: this is the story of Hammersmith Bridge. The crossing was shut in April 2019 by Hammersmith and Fulham council after safety sensors detected “dangerous micro-fractures” in the cast-iron…

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Hammersmith Bridge: Thames crossing repair bill soars to £250million raising fears it won't ever reopen to traffic

Tories say it should be renamed 'Sadiq Khan Bridge' to highlight mayor's alleged inaction

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Albert Bridge weight limit restrictions start this week to stop it suffering same fate as Hammersmith Bridge

HGVs crossing the west London bridge face fines as three-tonne weight restriction comes into force on Thursday

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Boat carrying West Ham fans gets stuck under Hammersmith Bridge

A vessel carrying fans to Craven Cottage stadium became stuck under the Victorian structure

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OPINION - Doesn’t London deserve better than the farce of Hammersmith Bridge?

Amid rows over funding, it could be years before the Thames crossing once again links north and south

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Climate charity unveils plan for Hammersmith Bridge to stay closed to cars

The proposal - including driverless electric pods - would cost a fraction of the ‘hundreds of millions of pounds’ needed to fully reopen the west London bridge, campaigners say

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Climate charity wants Hammersmith Bridge to stay closed to cars

The proposal would cost a fraction of the ‘hundreds of millions of pounds’ needed to fully reopen the west London bridge, Possible said.

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Further planning details revealed for cars on Hammersmith Bridge

Planning applications for the project are expected to be submitted by the end of April

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Hammersmith Bridge: Stabilisation of Thames crossing almost complete ahead of repairs

Giant sheets of steel have been cut into 1,220 pieces and welded together

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Hammersmith Bridge: Council pushes ahead with ‘double-decker’ solution to reopen crossing to motorists

The proposal would see a temporary crossing fixed above the bridge for cars and people with a toll to cross

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My London: Krishnan Guru-Murthy

The Channel 4 News anchor splashes out at Otto’s, wants to be cremated along the banks of the Thames and would turn Hammersmith Bridge into a home... with drop-down boat

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Hammersmith Bridge wrapped in foil during heatwave

The 135-year-old structure is currently undergoing £140million repair works

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Work begins on London’s Hammersmith Bridge... but don’t hold your breath

The restoration of Hammersmith Bridge took a major step forward on Tuesday with the start of stabilisation work that could pave the way for a full repair.

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