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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
Well there you go:
We'll have a shelter please. A nice big one so when it chucks buckets down up there we'll all be able to keep nice and dry.
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When the three designs were exhibited in early January this year, one of them did incoporate a shelter. The design was rejected by the steering group and by the comments forms that we collected at the time. Peter Beard's earth works were unanimously selected.
Again when we're talking about the wider scheme, we are looking at plans to renovate the shelter or replace it.
In Rossendale they've received an additional £300,000 for things like paths, car parking, disabled access, fencing, stiles and bulb planting. They've got this money from REMADE, who have already told us that funding for the Coppice is highly likely should the Panopticon go ahead. We have had the argument levelled at us that this is blackmail - i.e. you'll only get the extra money if you accept the Panopticon. That simply isn't the case, HBC can't afford to do the extra stuff that's needed, the money has been made available for the sculpture and if the sculpture is built that will give REMADE a reason for pitching in with the extra funding the Coppice needs.