Bollards are rising on Perry’s stretch of theRaccoon River Valley Trail (RRVT) as the community participates in the trail-wide, themed public-art projectby RDG Planning and Design Dahlquist Art Studio.
The Perry City Council approved funding last summer for the public-art design, which is intended to create a “common theme” and a “cultural corridor” for the 89-mile RRVT. The design’s motifs derive from the Waukee trailhead of the RRVT and are repeated in many of the trail’s 13 towns.
The Perry City Council approved the purchase of one lighted, single-column erection at the Trailhead in Caboose Park at a cost of $22,145 and one unlighted, single-column erection along the trail near Iowa Highway 141 for $20,085. The total project cost is $42,230.