Vandals blamed for more than £60,000 spent on 'absolutely hideous' steel fence

Vandals blamed for more than £60,000 spent on 'absolutely hideous' steel fence

Criticism at amount spent on steel fence to block mountain road.

Vandals blamed for cost of 'absolutely hideous' steel fence in national park

Cllr Richard John, far left, with Cllr Fay Bromfield, local farmer Wayne Elliot and Cllr Simon Howarth standing beside the steel fence dubbed the ‘Great Wall of Clydach’ Twm Owen, local democracy reporter A council that spent around £66,000 on an “absolutely hideous” steel fence has blamed vandals for most of the cost. Dubbed the ‘Great Wall of Clydach’ the galvanised steel fence was put across some 200 metres of Gilwern mountain in the Bannau B…

'Blame the vandals' for Clydach fence costs says MCC

A COUNCIL which spent around £66,000 on an “absolutely hideous” steel fence has blamed vandals for most of the cost.