Mayor needs to answer basic questions over cable car proposals - Caroline Pidgeon (London Assembly Liberal Democrats)

Mayor needs to answer basic questions over cable car proposals - Caroline Pidgeon

April 18, 2011 1:07 PM

Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on the Mayor's announcement of a lead contractor to construct London's cable car said:

"A cable car crossing the Thames is a great idea, but it is a great idea being let down by poor financial planning and a lack of openness.

"The Mayor must now come clean and state why as recently as July 2010 he was claiming the cable car would cost £25 million, but already its projected cost has doubled.

"Most fundamentally the Mayor must explain to Londoners why just a few months ago he was boasting that the cable car would be entirely privately funded, but now Transport for London are set to fund all the upfront costs - possibly diverting money from other important transport projects.

"It is precisely because the cable car is such an important project that its funding and delivery must be taken seriously."

ENDS

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