2<\/p>\n The works are currently underwayCredit: Alamy 2<\/p>\n George Square and the surrounding areas are set to be transformed as part of a \u00a320m revamp<\/p>\n Critics have blasted Glasgow<\/a> City Council’s failure to act sooner, now branding the benches a ‘public hazard’. <\/p>\n Councillor Paul Carey BEM claims the local authority should have conducted frequent inspections to prevent it from falling into such a sorry state. <\/p>\n He told the Glasgow Times<\/a>: \u201cThe council have simply failed to look after them properly and the wood is now so rotten\u00a0that if you sit on them, they just start to break apart.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were put in place as part of a positive initiative to give people somewhere to sit to get a breath of fresh air during lockdown, but they are now in such a sorry state that the only real option is to lose them.”<\/p>\n READ MORE ON THE SCOTTISH SUN<\/p>\n The issue was brought to the attention of the Drumchapel and Anniesland councillor after one of his constituents was injured by a splinter.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cThe man told me he sat one of them and ended up with a large skelf sticking into him. It\u2019s taken a councillor to raise this\u00a0and the question is why they were not properly and regularly inspected after being installed? They are a hazard now and should be cordoned off to the public until they are removed.\u201d<\/p>\n Now, as part of a \u00a320m revamp of George Square and surrounding areas, the dodgy decking is set to be ripped up and replaced with new features. <\/p>\n![\"George](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-controversial-george-square-renovation-991270423.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Illustration](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/glasgow-city-council-facebook-page-991270006_7e9c44.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n