Focusing on the Controversy of this artwork, explore the Plymouth City Council budget about the Expenditure.
Plymouth City Council budget In February 2021, a council budget document listing a "Mayflower 400 Monument" was unearthed, suggesting the total cost of LOOK II was £764,038. The council acknowledged that the value represented the cost incurred for "Look II and all the associated works".Local Conservative Party councillors who had already objected to the design of the sculpture, including council leader Nick Kelly and group leader Mark Deacon, criticised the city's spending on LOOK II.  In a budgetary planning meeting for 2021–22, Deacon asked, "is it really bringing value for money, since it cost three-quarters of a million pounds to install?"In a page on its official website, Plymouth City Council disputed the claim that the sculpture alone costed in excess of £750,000, suggesting that the figure "included a number of projects in that area including essential strengthening works to protect West Hoe Pier against damage from the sea" and that "the sculpture did not cost £750k".
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