He said: “Simply refilling the pond, encouraging volunteers to help or asking people not to feed the ducks wouldn’t be sufficient to significantly improve the current issues with the pond following the long dry period we experienced.”
The environment director noted that “ongoing pressure on States’ budgets” have sparked real term cuts to the budgets for Saumarez Park in recent years, including a “significant reduction” in 2026.
He added: “A local firm has indicated that the restoration of the pond would cost over £100,000, which would include dredging a large amount of silt, improving the surrounding drainage and installing devices to improve aeration, but instigating this would impact on the other services which we deliver.”
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