North Lanarkshire councillors have chosen to have a single pandemic memorial put in in Motherwell’s Strathclyde Park fairly than a number of smaller ones in varied cities.
Greater than 2200 COVID-19 associated deaths have been recorded in North Lanarkshire between March 2020 and October 2022.
In February, the setting and transport committee agreed to memorialise those that handed with a monument, believed to price round £100,000, in Strathclyde Park created underneath the Remembering Collectively challenge run by Greenspace Scotland and the Scottish Authorities.
Nonetheless, at a gathering of the complete council, Councillor Adam Smith (SNP, Cumbernauld East) known as for this funding as an alternative to take the type of a number of smaller memorials, following the instance of another authorities similar to East Dunbartonshire.
He stated that the proposed 9 memorials, every costing round £11,000, would assist problem the notion that North Lanarkshire is “Motherwell-centric,” whereas permitting individuals to extra simply take part in acts of remembrance.
However this was opposed by Councillor Helen Loughran (Labour, Thorniewood) who argued that, whereas the council acknowledged the devastating impression of the pandemic on communities, it was extra applicable to erect a single monument.
She stated the design of the memorial would mirror the collective experiences of the individuals of North Lanarkshire, based mostly on a number of workshops held throughout all communities.
The result of the following vote was 38-34 in favour of the modification.
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