Let’s hope this ugly eyesore doesn’t become a rallying point for welsh nationalists and their anti English bile!

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Can we in England have a 250ft high St George please, or would this upset our Anti English, Welsh Neighbours, who do not even like English people who live in Wales flying the George Cross from their houses.

I doubt a plan like this would even be considered in England, which may cause offence to others.

Its a waste of money in austere times, glad i don’t have to pay for it.

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I wonder how long it will be before we can get Councils to spend (our) money on things which actually matter, such as road repairs?
How many millions will this cost?
A 210 foot Bronze Dragon?
With the countries finances in such a parlous state, this is something that should be axed at the drawing board stage.

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Tell you what I see….A giant eyeball with Dr Who’s sonic screwdriver sticking out of it with something from ‘One Million Years BC’ stuck on top.
As a tribute to the prog-rock album covers of the 1970′s this has to be built. As anything else, I’m somewhat less enthusiastic.

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The proposed Dragon Tower is beautiful and of course it should be a red dragon.

There is nothing wrong with enhancing the area. We would all be in arms if the heritage buildings we have were left to decay because the funds could be used elsewhere: be that London or Chirk.

The Aquaduct was pretty much redundant once the railways arrived but look what it’s done for the area since.

From what I understand the Dragon Tower is not funded directly from the public purse. The council involvement is about the planning permission.

There are always people who say ‘let it rot’ and ‘use the money to pay for schools and hospitals’ but it’s not that simple.

It takes the vision and courage of people like Thomas Telford to create and subsequently preserve outstanding landmarks.

I don’t suppose the Taj Mahal, the Pyramids or The Angel of the North amongst many others, are maintenance free.

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#13 Wasn’t Thomas Telford responsible for carving/running a road straight through the Abbey in Shrewsbury, demolishing many important ancient buildings in the process?

He was an engineer and the history of the Abbey and it’s precincts not something he would have ever preserved in his bid and determination to use new technology and modernise. The canal aquaduct was an engineering accomplishment with an important use. The fact it is now a tourist attraction and beautiful structure are secondary to it’s initial purpose.

I think that Telford would have approved of the complicated technical process and skill that were needed to create the Darwin Quantum Leap but the aesthetics of sculpture, an art form which appears to some to serve no obvious useful purpose would have probably mystified him.

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