LETTERS

摘要

Riveting stuff; worth watching in its entirety. I thought London Assembly members Caroline Pidgeon andTom Copley were especially good, as of course was the AJ'sWill Hurst.The profession and the general public owe him a big debt of gratitude for his perseverance in bringing this scandal to light. In fairness to Richard De Cani,Transport for London (TfL)'s director of strategy and policy, I thought he made a valiant attempt to defend the indefensible. Leaving aside the politeness of parliamentary procedure, it is now abundantly clear what has happened. Heatherwick and Lumley lobbied the mayor; he fell in love with the idea of this particular bridge by this particular designer in this particular location; he instructed TfL to make it happen. Every action that it has since taken has been to twist and bend every process and procedure to achieve the mayor's desired outcome.