Item - 2025.EC23.3

The Economic and Community Development Committee:  

1. Received the report (September 2, 2025) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture for information.

This report responds to direction from the Economic and Community Development Committee to develop a plan to ensure fully functional lighting along the Luminous Veil, the public artwork integrated in the upper deck of the Prince Edward Viaduct. This landmark installation, now over a decade old, is exhibiting system failures due to environmental damage, age, and gaps in maintenance and monitoring systems.

This report outlines an immediate repair plan to restore functionality and maintenance activities to the Luminous Veil by June 2026. City staff will work with Dereck Revington, the artist who designed the Luminous Veil, and qualified professional partners to execute repairs including the replacement of key infrastructure that will eliminate lighting outages. A maintenance schedule, including regular inspections, remote monitoring, and emergency response, will be developed to ensure that the lighting remains operational and that any issues can be promptly addressed. Following immediate repairs, City staff will consider recommendations from technical experts to implement a full asset renewal to ensure long-term sustainability, improve reliability and monitoring, and restore artistic intent.

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