Westminster Council’s Oxford Street District Programme Director, responsible for the £6 Million Marble Arch Mound fiasco, was paid £220,000 a year, making him the Council’s highest paid employee, earning more than the Council’s Chief Executive who is paid £217,545 a year. In October 2021, a Council internal investigation of the Mound project described the soaring costs of the scheme as “devastating” and “avoidable”. The Marble Arch Mound is first on the Daily Mail’s list of white elephants of 2021 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10115535/The-worlds-WORST-white-elephants-including-6million-Marble-Arch-Mound.htmlThe Marble Arch Mound will close on 9th January and contractors will take four months to dismantle the £6 million Mound, starting on 18th January. The Council says:“The Marble Arch Mound will close to the public on 9th January. It is anticipated that the decommissioning work will be completed around May 2022.”Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg, Labour City Management spokesperson, said:“The Marble Arch Mound has been a disaster from start to finish.

Source: Daily Mail January 04, 2022 10:09 UTC