PLANS to add two new artworks to the award-winning Outdoor Museum in Helensburgh’s Colquhoun Square have been approved by councillors.
Members of Argyll and Bute Council’s Helensburgh and Lomond area committee backed proposals for a memorial to the 32 men who died when the submarine K13 sank in the Gareloch in 1917, and for a sculpture with the logo of the Arts Society Lomond and Argyll.
They will be mounted on two of the empty plinths around the square.
The Submariners’ Association had sought a grant of £3,000 for the K13 memorial from funds set aside for the expansion of the museum, while the Arts Society applied for £540.
Both bids were approved, though the Arts Society’s proposal sparked some debate among the committee, with Helensburgh and Lomond South councillor Richard Trail asking whether it was appropriate to have a sculpture of a logo which might change in a few years’ time.
Councillor Aileen Morton, however, pointed out that both ideas had been considered, and backed, by a design panel set up to consider suggestions for new artworks for the museum.
The two applicants will be responsible for the maintenance of their new sculptures.
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