"Recliner" wrote:

"Mizter T" wrote:

wrote:
Does anyone know the likelyhood of this actually being built or is
it just going to be another could-have-been that got approval then
was never heard of again?

The theory is that it'd essentially be financed by the Nine Elms area
developers - so that's where one should look to for any clues. I
dunno what you're referring to when you say it's been "approved" -
yes, the Mayor and TfL are in approval of the notion of a privately
financed extension, but that's kinda as far as it's got (well, there
may have been a little preliminary technical work done at LU, but
AFAICS that's about it). As to whether it'll actually happen, well
colour me highly sceptical. (Though if the yanks were to bankroll it
to serve their new embassy, maybe the Mayor would go easy on them
about their continuing congestion charge non-payment!)

With the new embassy being outside the CC zone, they will be evading fewer
CC payments...

Though any cars registered to the embassy would no longer qualify for the
residents discount, and I imagine there'd be a fair few car trips made from
the new embassy into central London/ the CC zone.

I see from hoardings along Nine Elms Lane that the developer Ballymore is
trying to sell it as the "Embassy Quarter"... hmm!
http://www.embassy-quarter.com/