The city’s inventory of large roundabouts will increase by two in the near future, both on a roadway that has yet to see a traffic circle.
At tonight’s (Monday) council meeting, members will be asked to approve artwork for roundabouts at Highbury Avenue and Ron McNeil Line and Highbury and South Edgeware Road.
The former will see an art piece that is a tribute to the disappearing wooden barn.
Shift Landscape Architecture was the highest-scoring proposal submitted, offering a public art piece entitled Fading Memories “that recalls the barn as an object from the area that is seemingly disappearing from the landscape and from the memories of those who spent time around these structures,” according to the report to council.
The price tag of $220,640, excluding HST, is within the allocated $250,000 budget for this project.
The second roundabout will house a sculpture that honours the resilience of the common dandelion.
Metal Mind Forge was the highest scoring proposal submitted, offering a public art piece entitled Thriving that “captures the essence of resilience, growth, and optimism expressed through the lifecycle of a dandelion sprouting from a pile of old railway spikes,” according to the report.
The cost of the structure is $132,740, excluding HST, and is within the allocated $150,000 budget for this project.
