TfL Thames Cable Car - Planning Permission Application goes in

[Firky]

That is irrelevant (to me at least) as the benefits are long term, not short term. Yes it may not have been built if it wasn't for the Olympics but that is equally true of lots of large civil engineering projects. Why build things like the Sage Centre or The Royal National Theatre when it only serves a handful of people? Why build galleries, piers, public parks and other chintz? Most of us never utilise them but we love them all the same.

 

[Onket]

I can't bring myself to like this at the moment. Money is being spunked left right and centre in the name of the Olympics that many people never even wanted, meanwhile the NHS is being taken apart and thousands are losing their jobs. Bit of a joke really.

 

[clicker]

Aha I was by Millenium Mill ( the old spillers warehouse I think) on Pontoon Dock yesterday and saw this moving....didnt know anything about it until then....can't wait to have a go, assuming it is for us normal folk who live in ths 'ere London.

 

[sim667]

I remember reading about how they'd actually planned this in the landing path for london city airport.

What happened about that? Im assuming they've changed sites, as they cant exactly moved the airport

 

[Roadkill]

I can't bring myself to like this at the moment. Money is being spunked left right and centre in the name of the Olympics that many people never even wanted, meanwhile the NHS is being taken apart and thousands are losing their jobs. Bit of a joke really.

This.

 

[London_Calling]

This is the latest on funding, according to Wiki:

When the project was announced, Transport for London initially budgeted it at £25 million and announced that it would be entirely funded by private finance.[6] This figure was then revised to £45 million, and by September 2011 the budget had more than doubled to £60 million, reportedly because TfL had not taken account of the costs of legal advice, project management, land acquisition and other costs.[citation needed] TfL planned to make up the shortfall by paying for the project out of the London Rail budget, applying for funding from the European Regional Development Fund and seeking commercial sponsorship.[12]

In January 2011, News International were planning to sponsor the project but subsequently dropper their offer[13]. In October 2011, it was announced that the Dubai-based airline Emirates would provide £36 million in a 10-year sponsorship deal which included branding the cable car service with the airline's name.[1]

Nothing on running costs or projected income...

 

[clicker]

bloody hell never realised it cost so much.....it is almost in the city airport flight path....i had cable cars ahead and planes landing behind me...both worryingly close maybe....the view from it would be a good'un though....kind of like you get when you fly into city airport but without a stonking great plane wing in the way.

 

[ringo]

One of my mates is an electrician on the cable cars, I'm looking forward to having a go. I love cable cars.