伦敦的花园大桥项目因3.7亿英镑的成本费用而正式取消

London's Garden Bridge Project Officially Axed After ￡37 Million in Public Costs



备受争议的伦敦泰晤士花园大桥项目正式取消了，因为成本费用过高而失去公众和伦敦市长Sadiq Khan的支持下，花园桥信托公司宣布正式关闭了该项目。

花园大桥信托公司董事长Mervyn Davies阁下今天发表的一项声明说：“非常遗憾的是，受托人的结论是，如果没有市长支持，该项目将无法实现。”

“我们非常遗憾，因为我们未能使花园大桥的梦想成为现实，市长也不能继续得到他最初给予我们的支持。”

The saga of London’s controversial Thames Garden Bridge project has finally come to end, as the Garden Bridge Trust has announced the official “closure of the project” after losing the support of the public and London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

"It is with great regret that Trustees have concluded that without Mayoral support the project cannot be delivered,” said Lord Mervyn Davies, Chairman of the Garden Bridge Trust in a statement released today.

“We are incredibly sad that we have not been able to make the dream of the Garden Bridge a reality and that the Mayor does not feel able to continue with the support he initially gave us.”



由于劳工局局长玛格丽特·霍奇(Mary Margaret Hodge)在四月份的一份报告中提到，建筑成本和潜在的维修问题，于是在今年早些时候正式撤回了该项目的支持。据报道，已经有3700万英镑的公共资金用于该项目，这笔资金将无法收回。

Khan说：“我有责任为纳税人的钱负起责任。在我成为市长之前，我就清楚地知道，伦敦纳税人的钱不应该花在这个项目上，当我就职的时候，我给了花园桥信托时间来解决这个问题。”

Khan officially withdrew support for the project earlier this year, citing soaring construction costs and potential maintenance issues outlined in an April report conducted by Labour MP Margaret Hodge. A reported ￡37 million of public funds had already been spent on the project, money that will not be able to be recovered.

“It’s my duty to ensure taxpayers’ money is spent responsibly,” Khan said. “I have been clear since before I became mayor that no more London taxpayers’ money should be spent on this project and when I took office, I gave the Garden Bridge Trust time to try to address the multiple serious issues with it.”





这个项目，由英国建筑师Thomas Heatherwick设计，首次亮相于2013年由伦敦交通大学举办的一场比赛。早期的支持者认为，这座桥将会产生旅游业，并作为有用的步行基础设施，而评论家认为这是一个城市的一个“虚荣项目”，城市已经很好地连接了一些桥梁。尽管在2014年获得了计划批准，但飞涨的成本和对采购过程合法性的质疑导致了公众和官方支持的进一步丧失。

“花园大桥将是一个独特的地方，伦敦市中心的一个美丽的新绿色空间，免费使用和开放给大家，展示了最好的英国人才和创新，”Davies继续说道，“这更令人失望因为该信托是根据TFL的要求设立的，该组织由市长领导，提供项目。对伦敦来说，这是一个悲伤的日子，因为它向全世界发出了一个信息：我们再也不能提供这样令人激动的项目了。”

“可悲的是，我们正在清盘。没有来自@MayorofLondon的支持，我们无法使花园大桥的梦想成真现实https://t.co/k1LHjKmTdH
——花园桥信托(@TheGardenBridge)2017年8月14日

The ambitious project, designed by British architect Thomas Heatherwick, was first unveiled in 2013 as the result of a competition held by Transport for London. Early proponents believed the bridge would generate tourism and serve as useful pedestrian infrastructure, while critics saw it as a “vanity project” in an area of the city already well connected by a number of bridges.. Despite receiving planning approval in 2014, skyrocketing costs and questions about the legitimacy of the procurement process led to further loss of public and official support.

"The Garden Bridge would have been a unique place; a beautiful new green space in the heart of London, free to use and open to all, showcasing the best of British talent and innovation,” continued Davies. “It is all the more disappointing because the Trust was set up at the request of TfL, the organisation headed up by the Mayor, to deliver the project. It is a sad day for London because it is sending out a message to the world that we can no longer deliver such exciting projects.”

“Sadly, we're winding up. Without backing from @MayorofLondon we cannot make the dream of the Garden Bridge a reality https://t.co/k1LHjKmTdH
— Garden Bridge Trust (@TheGardenBridge) August 14, 2017
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