WE are informed the council intends to spend £20,000 on a sculpture to be placed on Darwen Boulevard.

As a Darwener born and bred, I would much rather see this money put with the £36,000 already allocated for lighting up Darwen Tower to give it and the surrounding area a refurbishment and complete the task of lighting.

This would then be there for all to see and admire and not just for the centre of Darwen.

ROY DAVIES, Olive Lane, Darwen.