00:00Reopening the River Froome underneath the centre in Bristol has been ruled out by a leading councillor as very, very expensive.
00:09Instead, Bristol City Council will remove the three faulty fountains in between the Cascade Steps and the Neptune statue and pave over the area.
00:18The harbour used to stretch much further up than where it does now, outside the Watershed Cinema.
00:25Just under three years ago, the council consulted the public on reopening the culverted river, but decided to build the current promenade there instead.
00:35Over the bridge in Cardiff, a project similar to the docks option is taking place on Canal Street in the city centre, where an underground river has been opened up.
00:44The water for the fountains are stored underground in tankers that are hard to reach.
00:49While public health and safety measures have improved since they were first installed at the start of the millennium,
00:54maintenance and access have become much harder without taking safety risks.
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