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The central London Thames crossing needs <\/a>resurfacing, its cables need to be retensioned and all of its steel needs to be repainted. Work was initially due to begin this spring \u2013 during the bridge\u2019s 25th anniversary year.<\/p>\n

But the \u00a33.5 million job has not garnered sufficient interest from contractors, according to owners the City Bridge Foundation.<\/p>\n

Now they have split the work into two parts, with the redecking and repainting separated from the retensioning of cables.<\/p>\n

Putting the job out to tender again means that the work won\u2019t be done until 2026 at the earliest.<\/p>\n

Contractors will also have to find a way to minimise disruption to people traversing the bridge, which links the City of London and the South Bank. The closest landmarks on either side of the crossing are St Paul\u2019s Cathedral and the Tate Modern gallery.<\/p>\n

The bridge was completed to designs by Foster + Partners and Arup in June 2000 but almost immediately closed for 18 months due to lateral movement caused by synchronised footfall.<\/p>\n

After its disastrous start, the crossing was reopened to the public in February 2002 with significant modifications, including tuned mass dampers to reduce vertical and horizontal vibrations and viscous dampers to resist sway movements.<\/p>\n

Announcing the refurbishment tender in January this year, the City Bridge Foundation suggested that the bridge might become unsafe if the work were not done soon.<\/p>\n

The foundation added in a statement: \u2018Owing to high footfall over the bridge, the slip-resistance of the top surface of the deck has reduced and in some places the texture has completely worn away.<\/p>\n

\u2018The project will introduce a new surface coating to each deck plank to improve this slip-resistance.\u2019<\/p>\n

The City Bridge Foundation is a 900-year-old charity which manages London Bridge, Tower Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge and Southwark Bridge, as well as the Millennium Bridge. Its sole trustee is the City of London Corporation.<\/p>\n

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The Millennium Bridge<\/p>\n\t

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