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This
article was Burnham-On-Sea.com's 2008 April Fool's Day story!
Published:
April 1, 2008
Futuristic
£2 million water fountain to attract tourists to Burnham?
 Exciting
plans to create a huge £2 million water fountain on Stert
Island to bring "thousands" of extra tourists to Burnham-On-Sea
are set to be unveiled on Tuesday (April 1st).
The
eye-catching feature - similar to the one pictured on the right
- is the brainchild of Lil Faroop, a Russian entrepreneur and
architect.
She says she has wanted to build one of the 500-metre water spout
somewhere in the UK for years.
"The
fountain would be solar-powered and use filtered sea water straight
from Bridgwater Bay," she said.
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This
was our 2008 April Fool's Day story!
Keen-eyed readers will have noticed the name of the Russian
architect was 'Lil Faroop', an anagram of 'April Fool'.
See our 2005 April Fool here,
our 2006 story here,
our 2007 story here!
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"I
am convinced it would attract thousands of extra visitors to Burnham
and would generate income from boat trips to see it up close."
But
the idea is sure to create a stir with environmentalists keen
to preserve Stert Island (pictured at the top of this page) as
a haven for birds and other wildlife.
District
planners have yet to see a full planning application, but may
get more details shortly.
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