Glass panels put up at iconic 'love locks' bridge in Paris

A couple hang a love padlock on the steel bar of the Pont des Arts. - Photo from AFP

Paris may have found a solution to their love lock problem: Glass panels.

The city has started to replace sections of mesh fencing on the city’s iconic footbridge, Pont des Arts, with two shatter-resistant and anti-glare glass panes, reported No Love Locks, a group that has been campaigning for an end to the practice of affixing “love locks” onto the bridge.