It’s still Dr. Gogue’s call to make. He might still demand a permanent orange and blue replica of Disney’s Tree of Life (yes, the Tree of Life made it into one of the PowerPoint slides). But the recommendation he’ll receive this week from the Committee to Determine the Future of Rolling Toomer’s Corner will be for trees —real trees, large trees—to return to the corner to be rolled when they’re healthy enough, and for something man-made and temporary to come to the corner to be rolled until they are.
Maybe some wires or something. Maybe.
“Well, that’s one of the options we looked at earlier this year,” said Jeff Ramsey, the Director of Public Works for the City of Auburn, and a member the Committee to Determine the Future of Rolling Toomer’s Corner. “We were actually looking at a temporary solution for this year. One of the ideas we looked at during that time frame was stringing some wires up between existing poles out there.”
But a structural analysis conducted last summer indicated that the poles wouldn’t be up to the task. Ramsey anticipates today’s decision will give whatever new group Dr. Gogue might charge with the task of developing and implementing a temporary solution enough to time to make sure it’s the right one.
“Now we have time to develop an idea, a year and a half to maybe put in new poles with wires, but there also might be a better idea. Some sort of structure at the corner tied into the street lights, or an arch.”
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If we have the right creative on the job, wires or something could be a winner of an idea.
I’m thinking wires with lights strung over the corner. It probably would require adjustments to the existing light poles and perhaps ties into the Toomer’s and bank buildings, but it could make for a nice feature at the corner.
I kind of like the arch. For that matter, put one over each intersection area so that there are four to roll.
It was a good idea to have a structural analysis of the poles done. Thinking of others’ safety should always be a concern. Replacing the poles with new ones seems to be a wise choice.