Marble Arch Mound

mmj_uk said:
What I would like to know is why something like that costs £3.3m and why councils think it's a good allocation of funding when most places are such eye sores with understaffed services, I'm pretty sure you could get a team of school children together to construct something like that given a few months. If that's an exaggeration there are probably countless professional Asian companies that will do it for a fraction of the cost.
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3.3m could have built and funded a few houses
 
dLockers said:
It is quite simple - it was never meant to cost £6m, and it was £6.25 average a ticket with an expected 200k people. That's £1.25m turnover and over a million+ in additional footfall intangible benefits.

For comparison, the Angel of the North cost £800k and delivers £0 in revenue.
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Where are they expecting to find 200k people stupid and gullible enough to pay £6.25 to walk up a pile of mud? :confused:
 
Why has the cost doubled ?

If i want something built i get a quote beforehand and that is the price i agree to pay.

If it doubles in cost during building, that is not my problem, the contractors suck it up or stop and i pay nothing.
 
Wait, you have to buy tickets to walk up it? lol

All it does is obstruct the arch.

I wonder which MP sits on the board of the company constructing it...
 
Brizzles said:
Why has the cost doubled ?

If i want something built i get a quote beforehand and that is the price i agree to pay.

If it doubles in cost during building, that is not my problem, the contractors suck it up or stop and i pay nothing.
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You have no idea how major infrastructure projects work then huh
 
Tefal said:
Do you honestly think people are traveling to see it?

And paying for it?


Didn't it get closed too
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If you're in London it is worth a quick visit and stuff is going on nearby. It's free at the moment.
 
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