Just over £124,000 will be needed to sort a pigeon infestation at the new Broadmarsh Car Park. Management at the new car park and bus station says it has identified problems relating to pigeons getting into the car parking areas and leaving excrement.
To try to end the problem, the council is planning to install bird netting at a cost of £90,000, while a five-year maintenance programme will cost a further £35,258. The spend was approved in a delegated decision, which are decisions made outside of council meetings.
In the documents, the council’s pest control department says: “Pest control have visited site and witnessed pigeons flying in through the façade on every side of the building. Once inside, there are significant high-level places, beams and ledges, where they can perch, and provide both logistical and health and safety challenges to manage the population.
