The Bute Park Restoration Project has triggered a debate between residents on Facebook:
Anne Greagsby of Cardiff publicly commented on the social networking site:
“The “restoration” project is nothing but a front to promote events that could take place in one of the many nightclubs near by […] We got 3 very expensively built cafes, education centre that is unneeded and not used. All way over budget.”
Another local, Peter Coles also made his feelings clear on Facebook:
“The last few years have seen a drastic deterioration in Bute Park as a place of quiet recreation, it beggars belief that it is being considered for an award of any kind.”
Elaine Adams disagrees with the negative reviews the project has received:
“Of course there are now three catering outlets in the Park, but they were much needed outlets and are very popular with visitors young and old, and offer a healthy menu with plenty of choice. But my advice to the judges of this competition are to come along and see for yourselves exactly what our beautiful Jewel has to offer and to see the huge improvement the newly added facilities have made to Bute Park.”
Click here if you wish to vote for Bute Park to win the Best Heritage Project Award and to find out more about the National Lottery’s ‘Good Causes.’
Voting closes 28 October.
Bute Park is currently a finalist in the running to win The National Lottery’s ‘Good Causes’ Best Heritage Project Award, but not all Cardiff residents are happy with the changes it is undergoing during its restoration.
The principal aims of the restoration project are to offer new facilities to the public such as toilets, cafés and the education centre, but also to make the park’s historic features more prominent. It also endeavours to improve the general tidiness and aesthetics of the park by providing more bins and allowing horticultural apprentices to tend the park’s flower beds.
However, some Cardiff residents have declared that the project is not in the public’s best interest, claiming it is costing too much money and that the facilities are not used.
The Bute Park Restoration Project has triggered a debate between residents on Facebook:
Anne Greagsby of Cardiff publicly commented on the social networking site:
“The “restoration” project is nothing but a front to promote events that could take place in one of the many nightclubs near by […] We got 3 very expensively built cafes, education centre that is unneeded and not used. All way over budget.”
Another local, Peter Coles also made his feelings clear on Facebook:
“The last few years have seen a drastic deterioration in Bute Park as a place of quiet recreation, it beggars belief that it is being considered for an award of any kind.”
Elaine Adams disagrees with the negative reviews the project has received:
“Of course there are now three catering outlets in the Park, but they were much needed outlets and are very popular with visitors young and old, and offer a healthy menu with plenty of choice. But my advice to the judges of this competition are to come along and see for yourselves exactly what our beautiful Jewel has to offer and to see the huge improvement the newly added facilities have made to Bute Park.”
Click here if you wish to vote for Bute Park to win the Best Heritage Project Award and to find out more about the National Lottery’s ‘Good Causes.’
Voting closes 28 October.