Tuesday, September 15, 2009

'Green Popsicles' Take A Licking

Verdun borough mayor Claude Trudel says the "Milieu humide" art installation on Nuns' Island is being scrapped for security concerns - to the joy of residents and dismay of architects. Photograph by: John Mahoney, The Gazette

From The Montreal Gazette:

$450,000 art project axed Nuns' Island installation's mist turned into fog, limiting drivers' visibility.

A $450,000 public art project at the entrance to Nuns' Island is being scrapped because of "security concerns" said Verdun borough mayor Claude Trudel - to the joy of residents and dismay of architects.

Apparently, the mist emitted from sensors inside the roundabout at one point turned into a thick fog limiting drivers' visibility.

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My Comment: $450,000 in a depressed economy and cut backs in government services .... you got to be kidding.

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