Plans for a huge white palm tree in Cleethorpes are scrapped
It's due to delays on the project over the last year and escalating costs
North East Lincolnshire Council's confirmed that due to delays on the project during the pandemic and escalating costs - the White Palm art installation on the North Promenade in Cleethorpes will not go ahead.
Instead, councillors want to relook at the whole of the tourism offer and regeneration oh the North Prom - as part of a wider plan for the future of the resort.
Council leader Philip Jackson said that the idea of public art on the prom was generated some time ago at the start of the Coastal Communities Fund project:
"The CCF project has delivered on a whole new look to the resort already.
"With two major art pieces already installed on the North Prom – furniture and shutter art, and a third to follow (Luminations) being installed in the late summer ahead of the darker nights.
“The decision we have taken on the White Palm hasn’t been an easy one, but there were a number of factors we had to take into consideration including the COVID related delays and escalating costs. This last year has changed the focus of many people and businesses, as well as our own, and we think it’s important to take a fresh look at the resort as a whole and plan for its future.
“However, I’d like to publicly thank the artist, Wolfgang Weileder for his vision and his work on the concept project. The White Palm was certainly a talking point, but ultimately, unfortunately, become unviable for us to deliver.
“As we go through the Masterplan process, we want to harness the passion for the resort that the last few years of work has generated and encourage people to get involved to help us decide what will be best for the whole of Cleethorpes.”