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If a memorial is built, there will still be an obligation under that Act to keep the rest of Victoria Tower Gardens open for the public, and it is impossible to see how that can be achieved. If built, it will damage the ability to get planning permission and further amendment of the 1900 Act may be needed. It will restrict the ability of the restoration and renewal project to use the gardens as it might wish to, including early work to build a jetty and the tunnels that I mentioned. If both projects are undertaken, there will be no gardens left, and the atmosphere that might be conducive to a memorial will be destroyed.