Nine Elms to Pimlico Bridge Competition, London River Thames Design Contest, Development Project
Nine Elms to Pimlico Bridge
Wandsworth River Thames Crossing Development, UK ? London Design Competition Images
1 Nov 2018
Nine Elms to Pimlico Bridge Locations
Public Consultation for New Nine Elms to Pimlico Bridge Location
New Thames pedestrian and cycle bridge
A new public consultation in November 2018 will look at three potential locations for a proposed bridge across the Thames between Nine Elms and Pimlico.
A design team led by Denmark?s Bystrup Architecture Design and Engineering with London-based Robin Snell Architects has been carrying out exploratory design work on a new bridge for Wandsworth Council. It would be one of the first Thames crossings developed specifically to meet the needs of both pedestrians and cyclists.
New London Architecture chair Peter Murray has hit out at ?nimby? opposition to the controversial Nine Elms Pimlico footbridge after Westminster councillors criticised the project?s latest developments. He criticised Westminster councillors for not supporting cycling and collapsing at every protest by change-resistant residents?. Peter Murray claimd there is a real need for a connection at this point in the river, saying it does not matter that the project is ?developer driven?.
Public consultation in 2017 narrowed nine potential bridge locations down to three, which are now the subject of this latest round of consultation and further technical and fe...