{"id":202308,"date":"2025-06-21T10:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T10:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202308\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T10:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T10:35:11","slug":"birmingham-city-council-issues-floozie-in-the-jacuzzi-update-after-19-dry-months-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202308\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City Council issues Floozie in the Jacuzzi update after 19 dry months"},"content":{"rendered":"

The water feature in Centenary Square has not been in use since October 2023 when they were switched off to facilitate the Ice Skate Birmingham event<\/p>\n

Alexander Brock, Local Democracy Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

08:52, 21 Jun 2025<\/p>\n

\"Victoria<\/p>\n

Birmingham City Council says it’s making repairs to the Floozie in the Jacuzzi fountain which has been dry for nearly two years.<\/p>\n

The water feature in Centenary Square has been out of action since October 2023, when it was turned off to accommodate the Ice Skate Birmingham<\/a> event.<\/p>\n

The authority has not said when it would flow again – but said it was workong on it.<\/p>\n

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Back in 2019, one councillor praised the square as a “world-class public space” when its revamped look was revealed.<\/p>\n

The Greater Birmingham and Solihull<\/a> Local Enterprise Partnership even claimed that it would “reinforce Birmingham’s status as a global city”.<\/p>\n

However, the iconic fountains, a key feature of the landmark square, have now been inactive for over a year-and-a-half and still need repairs as summer begins.<\/p>\n

Ahead of a full council meeting this week, Conservative councillor Deirdre Alden asked: “When does the council expect the water feature in Centenary Square to actually feature water again?”.<\/p>\n

The Labour-run council did not provide a specific date in their response but mentioned that work is currently being carried out to identify the “necessary repairs” for the fountain.<\/p>\n

“We will undertake those repairs and then complete a further review to ensure the fountain is functional,” they added.<\/p>\n

“On successful completion, the feature will be operational.”<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the council provided an update on the fountains last month but once again did not specify when the fountains could be turned back on.<\/p>\n

The iconic fountain in Centenary Square could be due a refresh, as a council representative reported to the Local Democracy Reporting Service in May that spend approvals are underway with hopes of it returning to operational state soon.<\/p>\n

Bernard Carroll recently expressed residents’ dissatisfaction to the LDRS, stating that local families miss the landmark: “I do a lot of filming around Birmingham city centre<\/a> and I have spoken to many families who are very upset about this fountain not being on.”<\/p>\n

He highlighted the communal importance of the fountain, especially during financially tough times: “They would meet up with other people and their children would have the most wonderful time there.”<\/p>\n

Moreover, Carroll emphasised the significance of free, quality public spaces amidst current challenges: “They would tell me it is so important to them in these very difficult times because it doesn’t cost anything.”<\/p>\n

Carroll went on to express his own wish for the situation: “I just want to see the families back in Centenary Square during this exceptional weather we have been having.”<\/p>\n

He strongly argued for the value of such amenities in the community: “This is not a trivial thing \u2013 I honestly believe this is very important for the beautiful people of Birmingham in this beautiful city.”<\/p>\n

Another said: “We don’t have a city centre park with shade so the fountains were a godsend.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The water feature in Centenary Square has not been in use since October 2023 when they were switched…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,983,984,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-202308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city-centre","10":"tag-birmingham-city-council","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114720913898328530","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}