Bouygues team picked up £21m for Garden Bridge that never happened

By Jordan Marshall2019-02-13T16:27:00

How the bridge would have looked had it been built

The Bouygues team that was supposed to build the Garden Bridge ended up being paid £21m for a crossing which never happened.

A joint venture led by the French contractor Bouygues and featuring Italian steelwork firm Cimolai was appointed preferred bidder for the doomed project back in May 2015.

But less than two years later the £175m scheme was binned after new London mayor Sadiq Khan decided no more public money be lavished on the scheme, drawn up by Thomas Heatherwick and championed by Khan’s predecessor Boris Johnson.

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