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Hammersmith Bridge: Closures

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 8 July 2026UIN 15852

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the closure of Hammersmith Bridge to motor vehicles on (a) journey times, (b) congestion, (c) bus reliability and (d) local economic activity.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

As the asset owner and project lead, it would be for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to carry out any impact assessments related to the Hammersmith Bridge restoration project. It is for Transport for London, as London's Strategic Transport Authority, to make any assessment of the impacts of the ongoing closure of Hammersmith Bridge to motor vehicles upon the wider London transport network, such as journey times, congestion, and bus reliability.

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