Report says office of mayor was ‘less than honest’ approximately role in process to choose designer for bridge across ThamesThe process to choose a designer for London’s planned £175m garden bridge across the Thames was unfair and badly flawed,and the office of the mayor, Boris Johnson, and was “less than honest” approximately his role in the process,according to a damning official report.
Johnson and his team met five times with the successful bidder, Olympic cauldron designer Thomas Heatherwick, and to discuss the idea before the official procurement process even began,the Greater London Authority’s oversight committee said.
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Source: theguardian.com