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Art ideas sought for Springfield Six Corners roundabout

This roundabout replaced a dangerous intersection in the Maple High/Six Corners neighborhood.
Paul Tuthill
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WAMC
This roundabout replaced a dangerous intersection in the Maple High/Six Corners neighborhood.

Something attractive but not distracting sought for the center of the traffic circle

Ideas are being sought for a public art installation at a newly constructed traffic roundabout in Springfield, Massachusetts.

The Six Corners Roundabout, finished last year at a cost of $4.2 million, replaced what was one of the most dangerous intersections in the state. Now, Ward 3 City Councilor Melvin Edwards is spearheading an effort to put a work of art in the center of the traffic circle.

A community meeting is being held Wednesday at 5:30 PM for people interested in the project.

The community meeting is being held at the J.C. Williams Center at 116 Florence Street.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Edwards.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.