Thursday 16 October 2014

Opposition to River Thames garden bridge plan grows

Artist's impression of the garden bridge

A proposed "garden bridge" will span the Thames between Temple and the South Bank and is billed as a beautiful garden area with 270 trees.
It has the high profile backing of the Mayor of London, actress Joanna Lumley and architect Thomas Heatherwick, who designed the new bus for London and the London Olympic cauldron.
But local opposition is growing to the project and some residents are not happy.
Petitions have been started to stop the bridge, as has a campaign called Thames Open Central Space.
The argument of some of those who live locally is the bridge is in the wrong place and is not needed.
The detail within the planning application is also very interesting, as it reveals Temple Tube station would be shut for six months.
Visualisation of the view from the walkway
Visualisation of the view at night