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Marble Arch Mound, London, closes after just two days following complaints demands for refunds
Jennifer Hassan
SHARE Link Local officials conceded the project officially known as the Marble Arch Mound is not ready for public viewing and closed the site until further notice.
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Visitors to the British capital’s newest attraction, billed by the government as a venue for “striking views” of Oxford Street and the city, are demanding refunds after the project turned out to be a patchy man-made hill surrounded by scaffolding, which was widely dubbed as an underwhelming muddy “monstrosity.”
The 25-metre-high monument is offering reimbursements for the price of admission, which ranged up to £8 or about $15, as local officials conceded the project officially known as the Marble Arch Mound wasn’t ready for public viewing and closed the site until further notice.
Jennifer Hassan08:54, Jul 30 2021
Visitors to the British capital s newest attraction, billed by the government as a venue for striking views of Oxford Street and the city, are demanding refunds after the project turned out to be a patchy man-made hill surrounded by scaffolding, which was widely dubbed as an underwhelming muddy monstrosity”. The 82-foot-high (25 metres) monument is offering reimbursements for the price of admission, which ranged up to £8 pounds or around NZ$16, as local officials conceded the project officially known as the Marble Arch Mound wasn t ready for public viewing and closed the site until further notice. According to British media, the government pumped £2 million (close to NZ$4 million) into the project which they said would bring a new and meaningful experience to London. Before it opened to the public this week, officials promised that the development would bring tourists back to the heart of London, after more than a year of stringent coro
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