Proposals to turn Hammersmith Bridge into a completely inaccessible “monument”, or to demolish and replace it with a brand new river crossing, were both suggested by the Government at a recent meeting, the Standard can reveal.
The ideas for the bridge’s future - both of which were rejected - were put on the table by the Department for Transport as two among six solutions for the structure’s poor state of repair at the Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce summit in January.
