Paul Corfield wrote:
On Monday, 14 August 2017 13:08:32 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
London's Garden Bridge project officially abandoned

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40921373

A £200m plan to build a bridge covered with trees across the River
Thames in central London has officially been abandoned.

An excellent decision and long overdue. The only good bit of news in a
never ending cycle of gloom and dispair. The whole thing is a scandal if
you've followed the so called procurement and financial approval process
within TfL. We don't need another Heatherwick disaster inflicted on this
city nor yet more privatised space which has a direct, never ending and
uncapped draw on public funds. Now we need to pursue the Trust, its
supporters and the former Mayor for the return of £40m. It's a
scandalous waste of money that could have been used for a vast range of superior purposes.

Some more on Boris "Make me PM now" Johnson's influence over the project:

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/former-tfl-boss-points-finger-at-johnson-over-garden-bridge-contest/10023975.article