 I can't believe the lack of care that's taken place" adding that in her opinion "the council have used hugely expensive and inefficient people to run the thing at vast cost to the people of Horsham".However, Councillor Jonathan Chowen, cabinet member for leisure and culture, said that while it was "a sad moment", it had become too expensive "to continue to pour money into the fountain if we can't get the water feature to work [...] Just to leave the globe standing there is unfair to the art it was".The fountain was dismantled and removed by contractors in June 2016 with the exception of the basin, which is to be incorporated into a decorative planting and re-landscaping scheme.