I'm pleased to say that I've now got answers to complaints by West End residents that around 20 large flower planters – currently in full bloom – have been stored beside a pavilion at Riverside, rather than being sited at prominent locations in the city as residents would rather expect they would.I have been contacted by residents who have noticed the planters, currently in full bloom and extremely colourful, whilst out for a walk south of Magdalen Green, near the Riverside Drive Pavilion. The planters are locked away and residents said it seemed a shame that they were not being put to better use and help brighten up prominent parts of the City. One resident said the entrance to Balgay Park at Scott Street would be an excellent location for a few of them.
I therefore contacted the City Council’s Leisure & Communities Department and have been advised that the planters in question were original destined for the City Square. However, given the engineering works beneath the Square currently underway, placing the planters in the Square was not possible this year, but I have been assured that other City Centre alternative sites are being identified.
I certainly hope that the planters are relocated soon, so good use of them can be made whilst they are still in bloom.