London bridges chaos: Motorists face delays as FOUR Thames crossings hit with closures and road works

Motorists are astatine hazard of being caught successful large gridlock with the closure oregon part-closure of 4 bridges crossed the Thames.

This could origin chaos for radical looking to transverse the stream successful cardinal and westbound London – with cyclists and pedestrians besides banned temporarily from utilizing Hammersmith bridge astatine weekends.

Albert Bridge volition adjacent for 5 days from 7am connected Monday October 28, reopening astatine 7am connected Saturday November 2.

Battersea bridge – the span instantly to the westbound of Albert span – volition beryllium part-closed from Wednesday October 30, astir apt for a fig of weeks.

Putney bridge – 2 crossings further west, aft Wandsworth span – is already taxable to roadworks that are owed to proceed until the extremity of the year.

Kensington and Chelsea assembly is closing Albert Bridge to vehicles for the schoolhouse half-term week to alteration regular attraction of the listed bridge’s decked carriageway to instrumentality place.

Pedestrians volition inactive beryllium capable to usage Albert Bridge, though 1 pavement volition beryllium closed astatine a clip for repairs. Cyclists volition beryllium asked to dismount.

Vehicles volition beryllium diverted via Chelsea Bridge oregon Battersea Bridge – but Battersea bridge’s southbound broadside volition beryllium affected by semipermanent Transport for London roadworks that commencement midway done the week-long closure of Albert bridge.

It is thought that Battersea Bridge volition stay unfastened to postulation but with astatine slightest 1 lane closed – which is apt to origin agelong tail-backs.

The enactment to Albert Bridge is simply a continuation of repairs to the platform that were begun during the May-June half-term break.

Cllr Cem Kemahli, Kensington and Chelsea’s pb subordinate of readying and nationalist realm, said: “This is the 2nd little closure this twelvemonth and we’re precise grateful to drivers for being diligent successful the abbreviated word truthful that we tin support the listed span intact and operational present and successful the future.

“We anticipation by utilizing the fractional word vacation for the works again we tin bounds immoderate of the inconvenience.”

A full of 45 unsafe junctions – retired of a people of 73 – person been upgraded to day successful a bid to amended information for cyclists and pedestrians.

In effect to complains from residents, the assembly has reopened a lane of postulation and is trying to transportation retired much enactment connected Sundays and overnight to get the enactment completed arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.

Previously the Lower Richmond Road was reduced to 1 lane. More signs person been enactment connected the span to assistance drivers determination into the close lane sooner, alternatively than having to merge astatine the past minute.