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The Hammersmith Bridge TOLL! London council reveals ‘radical plans’ to pay off £100m repairs to 134-year-old crossing by charging drivers £3 to travel the 232 yards to the other side Hammersmith and Fulham Council has drawn up the ‘radical plans’  A timetable has scheduled it to reopen to pedestrians and cyclists next summer 134-year-old west … Read more

Probe is launched to find out if Hammersmith and Fulham council’s coat of arms is racist

Slave vessel or Viking warship? Probe is launched to find out if Hammersmith and Fulham council’s coat of arms is racist because it features a black ship Hammersmith and Fulham council’s coat of arms features a black ship The Labour-run council will investigate whether it has racist connotations Thought a horseshoe symbol could commemorate a … Read more

Hammersmith Bridge ferry could be running by February

A temporary ferry to replace the closed Hammersmith Bridge could be running by February, but the funding to repair and reopen the crossing is still not in place. The cost of fixing the Victorian bridge in West London has already hit £141million and it is now unlikely to reopen until 2027 – four years later … Read more

Plan to temporarily reopen Hammersmith Bridge as a ‘double-decker’ crossing

The world-famous Boat Race will be moved away from the River Thames for only the second time in its 165-year continuous history due to safety fears over Hammersmith Bridge. Health and safety officials banned all river traffic from passing under the 133-year-old suspension bridge in August after inspectors discovered cracks in the structure.  The closure … Read more

Jobsworths say it will take SEVEN YEARS and £140m to repair Hammersmith Bridge, but a fix is at hand

Night is falling on Chiswick Mall as hundreds of schoolchildren and their parents suddenly encounter a fresh challenge: the route home is now under water. Ever since the total closure of Hammersmith Bridge three months ago, after years of neglect, life has been increasingly complicated in West London. Many people now have to walk or … Read more

London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s road tolls plan to pay for £141m Hammersmith Bridge repairs

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of planning road tolls to claw back millions ‘wasted’ on fat cat transport managers’ salaries and gold-plated pensions. His Tory rival in the Mayoral election next May, Shaun Bailey, says the Mayor has chalked up nearly £10bn of ‘wasteful spending’ at Transport for London (TfL) and is looking … Read more

Hammersmith Bridge will take six-and-a-half YEARS to repair and won’t be opened until at least 2027

Hammersmith Bridge will take six-and-a-half YEARS to repair and won’t be opened until at least 2027 – and that’s only if someone will finally agree to pay for it Plans discussed last night by Baroness Vere of Norbiton, who leads task force She said full repairs to the 133-year-old structure would take six and a … Read more

Hammersmith Bridge in London ‘won’t reopen to traffic before 2027’

Hammersmith Bridge won’t be reopened to traffic until 2027, task force reveals – more than twice as long as previously feared Plans discussed last night by Baroness Vere of Norbiton, who leads task force She said full repairs to the 133-year-old structure would take six and a half years It was also revealed that the … Read more

Duck Boats could return to the Thames as a ferry service while Hammersmith Bridge is shut

Steeped in military history, these amphibious vessels ploughed up the beaches of Normandy carrying supplies to the allied troops during D-Day. And now bright yellow duck boats could come to the rescue of Londoners by ferrying them across the River Thames while Hammersmith Bridge remains closed. MailOnline can reveal that London Duck Tours has thrown … Read more

The Hammersmith FERRY: Boat service across Thames near shut-down bridge could be running by 2021

Ministers are steaming ahead with plans for a ferry service to shuttle passengers across the River Thames while Hammersmith Bridge repair works drag on.  Londoners have been aching for a replacement since the bridge’s closure in April 2019 when they were forced to use other crossings further down the river. Exhausted with clogged up roads … Read more