The Manchester Evening news is running a story on the latest crisis for the B of the bang,a monstrous metal object which resides outside of the city of Manchester stadium and has so far been more trouble and cost than it is worth.
Now says the paper
TAXPAYERS have paid out nearly £300,000 to fix Manchester's beleaguered B Of The Bang sculpture since it was built.
And thousands more are set to be spent on legal fees as the city council prepares to take the makers of the 184ft tall work of art to court in a £2m compensation case.
Under the freedom of infromation act the paper has discovered
£133,877.21 has been spent on getting consultant engineers Arups to supervise testing, investigate and inspect the sculpture.
£67,000 has been spent on further spike testing and reporting.
£32,588 was spent on inspections in January, July and August last year.
£27,000 was spent on the removal of spikes in May last year.
£11,000 was spent on the removal of spike for safety reasons in September last year and road closures.
£10,000 has been spent on safety fencing around the sculpture.
£340 was paid out to the Fire Service for the removal of a spike that fell off.
The total cost of maintaining the sculpture is put at £281,805.21
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