A 40-year-old artwork on Nottingham’s NCP car park will be removed and relocated before the building is demolished.
Traffic Flow, created by Nottinghamshire sculptor Hilary Cartmel, has been displayed on the side of the Maid Marian Way car park since 1986.
The car park is due to be demolished in the coming months as part of the wider Broad Marsh regeneration project.
Homes England, which bought the site and the nearby former Nottingham College building in March 2025, has confirmed the artwork will be retained.
A spokesperson for Nottingham City Council said: “We can confirm the Traffic Flow piece will be removed from its existing location prior to the demolition of the NCP car park and relocated to a new home in Nottingham.
“Our contractors are working with local arts charity Backlit to find the best long-term home for the artwork. Once confirmed, the details will be published on our project website.”
Concerns about the sculpture’s future had been raised by Nottingham Women’s History Group after another work by Cartmel was scrapped.
Her Chorus Line sculpture, previously located at the junction of Park Row and Maid Marian Way, was removed after a replacement artwork was unveiled in July.
Sian Trafford, chair of Nottingham Women’s History Group, welcomed the decision to retain Traffic Flow.
She said: “We as Nottingham Women’s History Group are just thrilled that we are not going to lose another work by a woman artist – and indeed the same woman artist.
“We need to be vigilant and not take anything for granted and keep visiting these works of art and just keep checking that they’re there.”
By Joseph Connolly, Local Democracy Reporter