Reclaim Our River

Finally the footbridge at Westferry Cascades is open.

Update: Westferry/Cascades footbridge.
Canal & River Trust works are due to start on 25th October 2023. The full programme may slip a few days depending on what they find. Expected completion in mid November.

News re: Footbridge at Westferry/Cascades. The Canal & River Trust have agreed their budget and are in the process of scheduling the works.

Engineers arrive to inspect the footbridge at Westferry/Cascades ahead of installing the new bridge in May.

UPDATE: Thames path at Free Trade Wharf and Tideway. CLICK LINK.
https://reclaimourriver.com/2022/11/05/tideway-closes-thames-path-in-wapping/

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On Monday, I had a good strategy meeting with Assembly Member Unmesh Desai, who backs our campaign to re-build the Thames Path. Unmesh wants to arrange a site visit with the advisors to the Mayor. Primarily that would be Seb Dance, the Deputy Mayor for transport, and also Will Norman, the Cycling/Walking Commissioner. Further to this, Unmesh will ask a series of questions to the Mayors, in the hope of putting the campaign on the agenda....

City Hall Backing On Monday, I had a good strategy meeting with Assembly Member Unmesh Desai, who backs our campaign to re-build the Thames Path. Unmesh wants to arrange a site visit with the advisors to the Mayor. …

Fantastic news: water voles are being reintroduced to the Hogsmill river in Kingston.

The work to monitor their progress will be funded by a grant from my Rewild London Fund.

I know Londoners want to see nature thriving in our city. It’s just one of 19 rewilding projects I’m funding this year to improve biodiversity in our capital.

Tower Hamlets council are conducting a feasibility study regarding the SkySports heliport in Millwall to allow the Thames Path through. If this went ahead, it would open up about three and a half miles of almost uninterrupted path. View film for details.

Isle of Dogs to open up Tower Hamlets council are consulting with the SkySports heliport in Millwall to open their gates and allow the Thames Path through. A decision could be imminent. This will open up about three and a…