Eden Project reopens for business after floods closed doors
Tuesday, 24 Nov, 2010
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Cornwall’s Eden Project, which was forced to close after torrential flooding just over a week ago, will reopen today.
Management at the UK’s biggest eco-tourist site say the water, which ruined the ice-rink and severely damaged the visitor’s centre and the education centre, will cost the project millions of pounds both in lost revenue and repairs.
Some 100,000 people were expected to visit the St Austell attraction for the ice rink alone over the winter period.
The rink cannot be repaired and plans are being discussed to install a new temporary one.
The actual domed biomes that contain the project’s exotic plants, however, were not damaged.
Managing director Gaynor Coley praised the staff at the project who have been working “round the clock” to sort out the mess despite their own homes suffering from the Cornwall floods.
Said Coley: “Most of our staff live in the immediate locality and some were flooded out on Wednesday morning.
“Despite this, they have still found the strength and will to come in and help us with what is a massive clean up.”
She added: “We have been humbled by the offers of help we have received from the wider Cornish community and beyond and bowled over by the Herculean efforts of the team.
by Dinah Hatch
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