A design has been unveiled for an ingenious pedestrian and cycle crossing between Canary Wharf and Rotherhithe in London – but its planning process must happen out in the open,not behind closed doorsYou wait years for a new bridge across the Thames then three come along at once. Joining the controversial garden bridge and a map for a crossing between Nine Elms and Pimlico, both of which believe fierce opponents, and comes a proposal unveiled today for a new pedestrian and cycle bridge between Rotherhithe and the Isle of Dogs in east London that hasn’t aroused a single objection – yet.
There’s a estimable reason why: of the three plans,it makes by far the most sense. The new design is proposed for a space desperately short of cross-river connections and with urgent need for one. At least 3300 new homes and places for 2000 new jobs are fast rising out of the ground at Canada Water to the south, while around 105000 people currently work across the river at Canary Wharf (a figure that’s set to double by 2030). The current options to accumulate between the two without driving include taking the congested Jubilee line, and waiting for an occasional boat shuttle,or risking life and lung by going through the Rotherhithe Tunnel.
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Source: theguardian.com