London Mayor Khan Announces Probe Into Disputed Garden Bridge
- Labour lawmaker Hodge to investigate project’s value for money
- Work due to start in 2017 to build tree-lined Thames crossing
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan asked lawmaker Margaret Hodge to review the capital’s disputed Garden Bridge project to determine whether it provides value for money for taxpayers, who are footing almost a third of the 185 million-pound ($240 million) construction costs.
The review will investigate the work of the Greater London Authority and Transport for London since the 366-meter (1,200-feet) tree-lined pedestrian bridge across the River Thames was first proposed in 2013, Khan’s office said on Thursday in an e-mailed statement. The mayor has pledged to increase the transparency of the project, which is led by a charitable trust and has been dismissed by critics as a waste of public funding.