ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[panamaniac]

A local example of art overspend: a large amount was budgeted for art at the expansion of the bus garage at Strasburg and Chandler, based on a percentage of its budget. While the bus operators, riders of Route 3, and local neighbourhood may appreciate it, it doesn't have much of a broad impact.

I remember questioning that at the time, and I was shot down by other forummers.  To me. the money spent for art at the bus sheds should have been used to place the artwork somewhere with high visibility.  It's not a case of "overspend", imo, but rather one of poor placement.