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Controversial £20k Alexandria planters set to be removed this month

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Controversial £20,000 planters in Alexandria are set to be removed, after being branded “a waste of money” by the council leader.The 32 boxes – which cost £635 each – were placed near the Smollett Fountain at the junction between Main Street and Bank Street last July, sparking disbelief and outrage from residents.The garish designs were created by pupils at Vale of Leven Academy to celebrate the town’s textile heritage with Turkey Red-style animal and flower motifs.They were funded through the Scottish Government’s Sustrans’ Spaces for People Scheme, however did little to impress locals who asked: “Why are they putting out wee frilly bits when half of the town looks like it is crumbling?“It has been described as like a row of coffins.

This has turned the Vale into a laughing stock.”Another resident, Emma Truscott, wrote to local MSP Jackie Baillie with her concerns, whilst business owners reported seeing the planters struck by passing cars.

The project aimed to minimise traffic and make the area more pedestrian and cyclist friendly and create a ‘gateway’ into Alexandria Main Street.

However, at a hustings organised by the Alexandria Traders Association and the pilot Alexandria Community Council last week, council leader Jonathan McColl admitted that the boxes would soon be removed.Responding to a question from Rev.

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