A PUBLIC arts project inspired by the hidden rivers flowing under a North-East city is a step closer to fruition.

Newcastle City Council has agreed the fifth - and final - artist and artwork in its series of public art works in the city.

Internationally-renowned British artist John Maine, of Wiltshire, will produce a public piece of art to mark the Lort Burn, at the Guildhall, Newcastle Quayside.

His sculpture will trace the course of the burn from Dogleap steps and Stephenson's railway arch, leading to the Guildhall, where the river flows into the Tyne.

Published: 27/03/2004