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.
This sorry tale has been told and retold. The Department for Transport, Hammersmith and Fulham council and Transport for London between them cannot agree a funding settlement and so nothing gets done. If it formed part of a plot on a costume drama, viewers would criticise the writing as too obvious and terribly clichéd.
