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River Thames: Public Footpaths

Commons · Question 81013 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of reinstating (a) full public access and (b) navigation at Temple Footbridge in Hurley.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 20 Oct 2025

Full navigation access at Temple Footbridge will be reinstated once the central section of the bridge is removed and taken off site for inspection and secure storage. This is now expected to take place in November 2025, at a cost of approximately £450,000...