Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken with (a) the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and (b) Transport for London to help reopen Hammersmith Bridge to vehicles as quickly as possible.

The Department for Transport has engaged with the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF) on the development of an Outline Business Case for the forthcoming strengthening works on Hammersmith Bridge. The Department has co-operated with Transport for London on the governance of this business case.

In addition to granting £2.93m to LBHF for the soon to be complete stabilisation works, the Department also recently granted £2.5m to LBHF for the geo-technical investigations required for the next stage of works.