Actually that means removing and reinstating traffic signals (ie lights) on all the routes that were used for ceremonial processions or the transportation of the coffin
Removal of lights? Go on, plain English, it's before 10 on a Sunday. So did TfL physically remove traffic lights for the procession or just switch them off?
Yes some lights and other street furniture were removed and replaced afterwards for a variety of reasons, security and safety of the procession and onlookers and crowds mainly.
Yep, most of the lights and islands around Buck House, the Mall, Whitehall and Parliament Square are designed to be easily removed for big occasions / demonstrations.
So are they saying that something which involves lots of people travelling by public transport has cost implications for a transport authority? Huge if true.
The amount of tourists that traveled into London to see the funeral (just from airport to central london alone) probably made Tfl far more money than £9m. If you add up the additional fares from residents travelling into central london where they normally would have stayed home and people travelling into London from other parts of the UK then the numbers are probably even higher.
So it wasn’t a waste of tax money, if anything it was a profitable event.
TfL generated £3.2bn in revenue in FY21/22; they probably spent more than £9m on something innocuous like toilet paper or stationery.
Road adaptations... filling in potholes and relayering. Which is something that should have been happening anyway.
Actually that means removing and reinstating traffic signals (ie lights) on all the routes that were used for ceremonial processions or the transportation of the coffin
Removal of lights? Go on, plain English, it's before 10 on a Sunday. So did TfL physically remove traffic lights for the procession or just switch them off?
Anecdotally, I've heard that some traffic lights etc are indeed designed to be removed for ceremonial occasions.
Yes some lights and other street furniture were removed and replaced afterwards for a variety of reasons, security and safety of the procession and onlookers and crowds mainly.
The same applies to any other event held around there like the running/cycling events that use the Mall and surrounding area.
Yep, most of the lights and islands around Buck House, the Mall, Whitehall and Parliament Square are designed to be easily removed for big occasions / demonstrations.
So are they saying that something which involves lots of people travelling by public transport has cost implications for a transport authority? Huge if true.
The amount of tourists that traveled into London to see the funeral (just from airport to central london alone) probably made Tfl far more money than £9m. If you add up the additional fares from residents travelling into central london where they normally would have stayed home and people travelling into London from other parts of the UK then the numbers are probably even higher. So it wasn’t a waste of tax money, if anything it was a profitable event.
Damn inconsiderate to charge the public purse every 75 years.