(From the article: "The Government's infrastructure plan also pledged a further £50 million to redevelop the railway station at Gatwick Airport". £50m for a station; you could probably build at least 500 houses for that.
I know there's a bit more to a station than a raised platform next to the track, but how can it possibly cost that much? And what's wrong with the station now? It seems to work!)
Will you have to pay to walk over it? Reading that article I got the impression that you would have to pay to walk and view the gardens.
I'm sure that it will be lovely and beautiful, however it's going to cost £150 million!!! I know that a lot of that money has come from private donations and £4 million of it is is coming from Transport For London. However, there's still a lot of tax payer's money going into that. I'm not sure how I feel about all that money ebign spent on a garden bridge. I think there are a lot more important things that the money should be spent on.
Will you have to pay to walk over it? Reading that article I got the impression that you would have to pay to walk and view the gardens.
I'm sure that it will be lovely and beautiful, however it's going to cost £150 million!!! I know that a lot of that money has come from private donations and £4 million of it is is coming from Transport For London. However, there's still a lot of tax payer's money going into that. I'm not sure how I feel about all that money ebign spent on a garden bridge. I think there are a lot more important things that the money should be spent on.
£30 million from the government as part of a £375 billion investment in UK infrastructure. So yes it's huge but comparatively not so much, and the majority is being funded privately.
What kind of differences would you expect this kind of thing to have on the mood of people who live in built up areas of London (if any). I've lived in both the city centre and far out in the countryside, and I couldn't believe the difference having green space around me had on my mood. And then what are the knock on effects of that... It doesn't work for everyone I'm sure but I believe there are real benefits of being outdoors - which largely gets overlooked as we lead increasingly busy lives. So when I see a project like this, it feels like a step in right direction to me.
Will you have to pay to walk over it? Reading that article I got the impression that you would have to pay to walk and view the gardens.
I'm sure that it will be lovely and beautiful, however it's going to cost £150 million!!! I know that a lot of that money has come from private donations and £4 million of it is is coming from Transport For London. However, there's still a lot of tax payer's money going into that. I'm not sure how I feel about all that money ebign spent on a garden bridge. I think there are a lot more important things that the money should be spent on.
People probably said the same when things were built years ago that we still use today so I guess it will be money well spent.
As much as I love trees and shrubs, I just can not accept £30milion being spent on it.
In London again I see, why not York or some other city in the North which has rivers?
Because they don't need a new footbridge linking two transport hubs with each other, which is what this bridge is being developed for I would suspect.
I think it's a great idea, providing they also ensure it's well kept and there's decent enough CCTV (or similar) to make it a safe walkway to use at night.
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(From the article: "The Government's infrastructure plan also pledged a further £50 million to redevelop the railway station at Gatwick Airport". £50m for a station; you could probably build at least 500 houses for that.
I know there's a bit more to a station than a raised platform next to the track, but how can it possibly cost that much? And what's wrong with the station now? It seems to work!)
I'm sure that it will be lovely and beautiful, however it's going to cost £150 million!!! I know that a lot of that money has come from private donations and £4 million of it is is coming from Transport For London. However, there's still a lot of tax payer's money going into that. I'm not sure how I feel about all that money ebign spent on a garden bridge. I think there are a lot more important things that the money should be spent on.
£30 million from the government as part of a £375 billion investment in UK infrastructure. So yes it's huge but comparatively not so much, and the majority is being funded privately.
What kind of differences would you expect this kind of thing to have on the mood of people who live in built up areas of London (if any). I've lived in both the city centre and far out in the countryside, and I couldn't believe the difference having green space around me had on my mood. And then what are the knock on effects of that... It doesn't work for everyone I'm sure but I believe there are real benefits of being outdoors - which largely gets overlooked as we lead increasingly busy lives. So when I see a project like this, it feels like a step in right direction to me.
People probably said the same when things were built years ago that we still use today so I guess it will be money well spent.
Because they don't need a new footbridge linking two transport hubs with each other, which is what this bridge is being developed for I would suspect.
I think it's a great idea, providing they also ensure it's well kept and there's decent enough CCTV (or similar) to make it a safe walkway to use at night.
Also true
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