Our Ref:         FOI-0836-2021

Thank you for your request received on 17 August 2020 asking for information about the Rotherhithe Ferry Crossing. I apologise for the delay in my response.
 
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we hold some of the information you require. You asked:
 
Please can you advise how many TfL people have been working on the Rotherhithe Ferry Crossing project on a month by month basis for 2019 and 2020?
What is the cumulative costing for TfL personnel working on this project?
 
We do not hold this information. Whilst we do have information on TfL staff who are involved in the project, this would not include staff such as apprentices, or those from Legal, Finance, and Procurement who would have also been involved in other projects whilst working on the Rotherhithe Ferry Crossing so their time and salary would not be directly attributable just to this scheme.
 
What is the cumulative cost to date for 2019 and 2020 for all agencies working on the Rotherhithe Ferry Crossing project that TfL or the GLA are paying for?
 
Please see the requested information in the table below:
 
Item Activities Invoice (£)
Steer Group Transport planning, impact analysis and design development, including work through sub-consultants Beckett Rankine, Nash and Quod 625,013.05
Marico River vessel traffic surveys and navigational analysis 13,025.59
Quod Town planning support (completion of work on the bridge option, including exploration of safeguarding options) 8,576.00
Briggs Marine Market testing and lessons learnt from Woolwich Ferry 5,750.00
K&L G Commercial and legal advice, including development of contracts for the proposed build and operation of the ferry service 294,766.00
BDBP Planning and property legal advice 31,305.80
Atkins Engineering and architectural design (end of work on the bridge option) 4,590.00
Procurement (Deloitte) Strategic advice and management of the ferry procurement workstream, including coordination of technical specifications. 229,700.00
 
Please note that owing to the impact of coronavirus on our finances, it has been necessary to pause work on this scheme at the current time, as on a number of other schemes across London. The longer-term future of the project will be considered once our longer-term funding position is clearer.
 
If this is not the information you are looking for please feel free to contact me.
 
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Yours sincerely

Gemma Jacob
Senior FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

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