The Hammersmith Bridge, linking Hammersmith with Barnes, has been closed to motor vehicles since 2019 due to cracks in its pedestals. Despite officials' hopes for reopening by the end of 2029, delays have compounded the problem, with estimates suggesting a timeline of completion around 2035. Factors such as increased steel scarcity linked to the Ukraine war and a general slowdown in previous government actions have heavily impacted repair progress. The Department for Transport has provided significant funding, but the path forward remains complex.
If they [the last Government] had started, and they'd got on with it six years ago, we could have done it, but everything seems to have slowed down.
Steel is less available because of the war in Ukraine. There are variables we couldn't even have imagined six years ago that have come in.
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