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A garden bridge that was never built

Years of planning. Tens of millions spent. Zero bridges. See what it cost taxpayers, with the original source.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 2017 · 🙈 Never used

Years of planning. Tens of millions spent. Zero bridges.

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£43 million public money

Technically the greenest bridge ever: it never used a single brick.

What actually happened

About £43 million of the total came from public bodies (£19m Department for Transport, £24m Transport for London). The project was scrapped in August 2017 before construction started.

Source: Public Finance ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.

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