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Taite Johnson

Cardiff’s hidden bollard artwork to be restored after being stolen

The artwork hidden in Cardiff's city centre is being restored this month after being stolen. As you walk along The Hayes in Cardiff, you were once able to find incredible artwork hidden inside 11 metal bollards.

Created as part of a £1.5m scheme and renowned as one of Cardiff's 'hidden gems', the artwork allows you to look inside the bollards and see pieces of art by artist Jane Edden and students at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama called Post Secrets.

However, only eight of the bollards remained intact after two were stolen and one was vandalised in March this year. But the work is set to be restored in June, with all of the bollard tops removed by St David's for a restoration programme which will see each of them replaced and brought back to their former glory. The project will take up to six weeks to complete and will see the original art returned to their location in The Hayes alongside a new, bespoke informational bollard.

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