Build military-style Thames crossing to allow Hammersmith Bridge repairs, say Tories

Setting out a key plank of his party’s election platform, Councillor Jose Afonso, Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative Opposition Leader, said: “The costs for reopening Hammersmith Bridge have soared, while the Department for Transport, TfL and Hammersmith and Fulham Council are locked in squabbles over who pays.