- Reference: 2021/4773
- Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
- Meeting date: 16 December 2021
Has TfL undertaken any cost comparison between its final estimate of the Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf pedestrian and cycle bridge and the Pont Chaban-Delmas bridge in Bordeaux, which can rise to 53m above water to let tall ships through, has a central lift span of 117 metres and was reported to have cost 160 million Euros when it opened in 2013? How can a lifting bridge of such size, which also carries cars, be built for a quarter of the estimated cost of the Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf pedestrian and cycle bridge?