It’s about time for clock repairs
A city centre clock is due to get repaired, after years of being stuck at 5.45pm.
The timepiece outside Perth Concert Hall and Pacos Restaurant, which was gifted to the city to mark the centenary of Rotary International, has been frozen in time, and has since been the subject of a number of complaints from the public.
The Mill Street area around the clock is currently undergoing extensive upgrades to create a cultural quarter running between Perth Concert Hall and the refurbished Perth Theatre, and there has now been a call of action to carry out works on the clock to keep up with the improvements in the area around it.
A spokesperson for Perth and Kinross Council said:“The council is currently awaiting receipt of parts to carry out repairs, so the clock can operate as normal again in the near future.”
This comes after Cllr Peter Barrett, who represents the city centre, raised his concerns about the stopped clock at last month’s strategic policy and resources committee,
There have been problems for years with the clock, with it currently stuck at 5.45pm where a procurement report showed there is £14,000 to be used for the repair of clocks in the city between September 2016 and August 2020.
He said;“I asked that some of this money be used to sort the Rotary clock on Horsecross outside Paco’s.
“An increasing number of my constituents have complained that the clock had been stopped for so long.”
He continued:“The problem has been with the clock’s control gear and it is due to be repaired in the near future.
“It is high time the clock was fixed and I will be keeping a close watch to ensure that happens.”