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New bridge designs on display and local Weymouth icons to be immortalised in new ‘Portrait Bench’ at Weymouth design event. 

This week, Weymouth people are being asked to get creative and design some public space by contributing to the design ideas for the Newstead Road Bridge in Weymouth. They will also be asked to help create a piece of locally inspired public art to adorn the new route.

Also launching this week as part of the event, is the Weymouth ‘Portrait Bench’ - a piece of usable public art which will adorn the route and celebrate three local heroes. Weymouth residents are being asked to choose who the three heroes will be – they can be local people, famous faces from history or an inventive take on the people of Weymouth. Once chosen, they will be immortalised, lifesize, in weathered steel as part of a bench where people can stop and rest on their everyday journeys. From Jane Austen… to John Constable… to the Osmington Horse!  All suggestions will be welcomed to truly make the bench relevant to Weymouth.

Published on 01st Feb 2010