Oil tycoon's anger at snub to £140m garden project
A £140 MILLION transformation of Aberdeen city centre has been abandoned, with Sir Ian Wood –the oil tycoon who pledged millions of his own money to the project – claiming councillors had shown "a lack of vision and confidence" after the plan was rejected by just two votes.
A £140 MILLION transformation of Aberdeen city centre has been abandoned, with Sir Ian Wood –the oil tycoon who pledged millions of his own money to the project – claiming councillors had shown \"a lack of vision and confidence\" after the plan was rejected by just two votes.
ROW: The plan for Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen was backed by Sir Ian Wood but opposed by Annie Lennox.
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Helen McArdle and David Ross
A watered-down counter-proposal was backed by 22 votes to 20, with one abstention, after a full-day's debate on the controversial scheme to raise Union Terrace Gardens from subterranean level and create a "world class" civic square.
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