Request ID: FOI-0673-2122 Date published: 29 July 2021
You asked
I have seen TfL Ref: FOI-1188-2021 (below) and I am hereby requesting an update to that FOI to the latest data available including confirmation of actual spend in 20/21 (“up to £9.9m in FOI-1949-2021”) and Budgets for 21/22 including actual spend for Q1 21/22 if available. FOI-1743-2021 also says TfL allocated £2m in 20/21 for the Temporary River Crossing at Hammersmith Bridge– please confirm the actual 20/21 spend and the planned budget for 21/22.
Please can you also answer the following specific questions. FOI-1188-2021 shows a total TfL sum below of £16.675m, but the blue table of Contractor spends adds up to only £7.605m. Has any of the additional £9.07m of TfL spend (or spend subsequent to that FOI) been via payments to LBHF who then pay for contractors, and if so how much by year (updated for 20/21 please)?
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0673-2122 Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 1 July 2021, asking for information about Hammersmith Bridge. Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require. You asked: I have seen TfL Ref: FOI-1188-2021 (below) and I am hereby requesting an update to that FOI to the latest data available including confirmation of actual spend in 20/21 (“up to £9.9m in FOI-1949-2021”) and Budgets for 21/22 including actual spend for Q1 21/22 if available. FOI-1743-2021 also says TfL allocated £2m in 20/21 for the Temporary River Crossing at Hammersmith Bridge– please confirm the actual 20/21 spend and the planned budget for 21/22. The spend by TfL on Hammersmith Bridge and on the temporary bridge in 2020/21 and the first quarter of 2021/22 was as follows:
Amount (£m)
Reason
2020/21
£5.58
Completion of concept design for bridge strengthening and detailed design for stabilisation, detailed design for emergency stabilisation (required post closure), pedestal casing removal and blast cleaning.
2020/21
£1.37
Completion of concept design, surveys and assessments in support of temporary bridge
2021/22
£0.35
Knuckle chain investigations and immediate remedial works, bridge loading assessments, responses to Technical Approval Authority (TAA) queries on proposed repair methodology.
Please can you also answer the following specific questions. FOI-1188-2021 shows a total TfL sum below of £16.675m, but the blue table of Contractor spends adds up to only £7.605m. Has any of the additional £9.07m of TfL spend (or spend subsequent to that FOI) been via payments to LBHF who then pay for contractors, and if so how much by year (updated for 20/21 please)? In respect of the breakdown of spend set out in FOI-1188-2021, all of the spend pre-2019/20 was on funding provided by TfL to the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (LBHF) through the Local Implementation Plan (LIP) funding process for the activities set out in the ‘Reason’ column. However, TfL does not hold information on any payments LBHF made to contractors from these amounts. You will have to contact them directly for this information. Please note the above figures do not include costs from the Hammersmith Bridge Ferry project which is a different project.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me. Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed. Yours sincerely Eva Hextall FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
