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Lightwood confirms Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce to reconvene

Deniz Huseyin
03 October 2024
 

Local Transport Minister Simon Lightwood has agreed to reconvene the Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce to step efforts to re-open it to motorised traffic.

The bridge, which opened across the Thames in 1887, was closed in 2020 by its owners the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF) after the identification of micro-fractures.

It was reopened in 2021 to pedestrians, cyclists and river traffic but remains closed to motor traffic.

The government-led taskforce, originally chaired by Baroness...

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