"In huge news for London's dog owners, commuters and flâneurs, for the first time ever it is now possible to walk along the north bank of the Thames from Westminster to the Tower of London without straying more than a few metres from the river. It's all thanks to a brand new embankment. The box-fresh Bazalgette Embankment - named after the Victoria engineer who created the OG Embankment and sewer Sir Joseph Bazalgette - opened to the public on January 13"
"Bazalgette Embankment is the largest single structure built into the River Thames in around 150 years and boasts walkways, viewpoints, seating, public art, pocket parks and 71 trees. It's one of seven new riverside embankments created by the super sewer project. The artwork along the embankment features five sculptures by Glasgow-based Nathan Coley and includes 'Waterwall', an 8.8-metre-high sculpture with a cascading water feature."
Bazalgette Embankment is a new 1.5-acre public space built above the Thames Tideway Tunnel work site next to Blackfriars Bridge and opened on January 13. The site was closed for nine years during construction of the 25-kilometre overflow-collecting tunnel. The embankment restores continuous riverside walking from Westminster to the Tower of London and is the largest single structure built into the River Thames in around 150 years. The space includes walkways, viewpoints, seating, pocket parks, 71 trees, five sculptures by Nathan Coley including the 8.8-metre 'Waterwall', ramps, a four-metre footpath and new river-access lifts. New underground culverts, pipes and vortexes intercept sewage flows and channel them into the super sewer.
Read at Time Out London
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