Walking from Vauxhall towards Battersea Power Station it has long been necessary to briefly join the main road opposite Waitrose before returning to the river at Tideway Walk.
The obstruction was the Heathwall Quay pumping station but following completion of the Tideway Tunnel Project work there is now a continuous path joining Prescott Wharf to Tideway Walk.
The official opening of the Heathwall Quay path was performed yesterday by Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan.
There is also the addition of a viewing platform giving a view immediately upstream of Nine Elms Pier.
The sand dredger Bowbelle was berthed at Nine Elms Pier in August 1989 before moving downstream after dark and being involved in the Marchioness Disaster.
The new path joins Tideway Walk next to the permanently moored Battersea Barge.
