…local authority contribution has already been paid out for the bridge work to date, and LBHF could not afford any further funding. Alongside the funding impasse, the meeting provided an excellent explanation of the bridge problems, the anticipated repair works,…

Hammersmith Bridge, night – Mariusz Czajkowski We have been pressing the Council – so far unsuccessfully – for us to be involved in decisions regarding the refurbishment of the bridge which is due to take place later this…

…We call for a ceasefire and end to hostilities by letter. References Bridge Task Force documents New Civil Engineer – bridge reopening H&F Bridge page including letters to and fro. Barnes Village Bugle (August) with significant detail and discussion of…

…river to drill bores to investigate the riverbed strata to understand just how strong it is, if and when the Foster-COWI temporary bridge goes ahead. While the relevant people and equipment are onsite, bores are also being drilled into the…

We’ve made several meaningful and thought-through suggestions in the half-dozen articles, and as many letters to the main bridge protagonists in the last year, from simple widening the pathways to make the bridge more accessible, and to improve public safety,…

…Force, as shown below (click to open). Letter to Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Transport Letter to Baroness Vere, Chair of Bridge Task Force Letter to Dana Skelley, Director of Bridge Task…

Cllr Harcourt describes Hammersmith Bridge problems At our AGM on 12th June, members of the audience asked a number of questions about the Bridge. As we reported in our recent newsletter and over the previous 4 years, the bridge has…

…that a contractor and plan can be primed, notwithstanding funding. New Civil Engineer reports that 28 organisations have expressed an interest. There’s little more to say now. Despite the volume of water under the bridge, only matched by the volume…

…agreed to take some actions as a result, detailed in the above cabinet report with petition details and here, and TfL are reported to have agreed to repaint the bridge. Uxbridge road and environs. The two left-bottom images…

New Civil Engineer recently reported that the bridge stabilisation has progressed and that specialist concrete has been poured into the cast iron pedestals to prevent them collapsing. This means that the bridge is safer for the next stage of repair,…