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TfL finally confirms cable car sponsorship will be paid over 9 years

October 10, 2012 - Martin Hoscik@MayorWatch

Londoners will have to wait another 9 years before they receive the full sum payable under Emirates airline’s sponsorship agreement for the Thames cable car, Transport for London have confirmed

Mayor Boris Johnson initially claimed the scheme would be built “entirely from private finance”, however he later announced TfL would provide upfront funding and then seek to recoup the £60m construction costs from sponsorship agreements.

While it was known the £36m deal with Emirates lasted for 10 years, TfL’s press office have previously declined to confirm whether the sponsorship sum would be paid over the same period.

In an FOI response TfL has now said initial payments were made “in October 2011, April 2012 and June 2012” and that “the balance will be paid out over the remaining 9 years with a payment due in June of each year.”

The Mayor has already confirmed instalments are not tied to inflation, a provision which could significantly reduce the deal’s worth to taxpayers.

In order to fill the gap between the headline £36m payable under the sponsorship deal and the upfront costs, TfL was forced to apply for an EU grant.

It has also decided not to include cable car fares within capital’s wider fares system, requiring Travelcard and Freedom Pass holders to pay for journeys and exempting the scheme’s fares from the daily Oyster cap.

The Mayor recently claimed it was too early to reconsider the fares policy and said any review would have to wait until more usage data was available.

TfL’s FOI response also revealed the sponsorship agreement is held by its subsidiary Docklands Light Railway Limited, and that it is DLR Limited which is responsible for invoicing Emirates and receiving payment.

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