Designers knew fountain would be slippery

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By Mira Bar-hillel, Evening Standard
13 April 2005

Designers of the troubled Diana Memorial in Kensington Gardens knew all along that the stone would be slippery when wet.

Answers from the Culture Department under Freedom of Information rules also show that the ill-fated fountain has cost an extra £600,000 on top of the original capital budget of £2 million. The cost of repair work this year alone has grown from £150,000 to more than £200,000.

The answers reveal that it was known before the memorial was opened by the Queen last July that it was not an option to have people walking in the water. Despite this visitors were encouraged to paddle and several ended up in hospital.

The Culture Department's answer states: "The design team realised soon after the appointment and well before the design went to the planners that having people travelling through the water was not an option."
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