Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member, commenting on the Mayor’s announcement that he has appointed Dame Margaret Hodge to conduct a review into the Garden Bridge said:
“I welcome this latest review into the Garden Bridge which I hope will pick up from the excellent inquiry undertaken by the London Assembly. However the Mayor cannot hide behind this latest review as an excuse for not taking any action.
"Although it was not his decision to start this project he increasingly makes excuses and apologies for the mess first started by Boris Johnson.
"It is time Sadiq Khan finally said he will not underwrite any taxpayer funded bailouts for the maintenance of this project.
“His current stance of providing a permanent taxpayer bailout to pay for the maintenance of the bridge while claiming to never provide any further public funding for the project is utter nonsense and indefensible.”