07-04-2017 15:16 via theguardian.com

Scrap garden bridge to avoid wasting more public funds, report says

Multiple failings identified in controversial, cash-strapped project to build botanical link across river Thames in London
The Thames garden bridge project should arguably be scrapped now rather than risk losing more public cash on a project inspired more by politics than value for money, a report has concluded.The findings by Margaret Hodge, a senior Labour MP who formerly chaired the public accounts committee, could spell the end for the controversial plan for the flora-filled link across the
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