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A facelift of Oxford Street reserve will be shelved until a cheaper option can be found.

Vincent council had planned to spend about $1 million on the Leederville park’s revamp but the cheapest tender, from Earthcare Landscapes, clocked in at $1.33 million.

The council considered ponying up the extra $300,000 but at the eleventh hour Earthcare Landscapes pulled its tender, saying it had miscalculated and couldn’t do the job for that price.

The next cheapest option was Civcon at $1.6m, so the council tapped the mat. The newly sworn in council this week voted for a “re-scoping of the project to enable the total cost estimate to fall within the current budget allocation”. Translation: “Something less fancy and cheaper.”

by DAVID BELL