Mysterious red ribbons tied on 'love lock' bridge
BBCRed ribbons have been tied to the bridge that was once covered in thousands of "love locks".
Bristol City Council began removing the padlocks from Pero's Bridge in Bristol Harbour last summer because they weighed a combined three tonnes.
Structural works are needed on the bridge, which opened in 1999 and was named after Pero Jones, an enslaved man owned by Bristol sugar merchant John Pinney in the 18th Century.
The council said it did not know who was tying the ribbons to the bridge, but that there were no concerns provided they did not obstruct officers' ability to either inspect or operate the bridge.
Locks were also cleared from the bridge 10 years ago but this did not stop couples attaching new ones.
The original plan was to create some kind of sculpture to memorialise the romantic gesture from thousands of couples.
But despite the structural works being much cheaper than first thought, the council said in January that there was no money for a public artwork.
An alternative idea could be to sell off the locks as scrap metal to help fund a sculpture.
Green councillor Ani-Stafford Townsend told a council meeting in January: "There's a range of things that we've talked about which we could do. We just don't have the money to do it.
"People did get quite upset, understandably, about us removing them."
A council spokesperson said: "The Harbour Authority has no immediate issues with them but will continue to monitor the situation.
"We currently do not have any information on who has been tying the ribbons to the bridge."
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