NEW designs will be sought for a £200,000 public art project after the next stage of the scheme was given the green light by councillors.

Artists will be invited to submit ideas for an innovative installation on the bridge over the A406 in South Woodford High Road after cabinet members gave the go-ahead to the move at a meeting last night (Monday).

A public consultation will then by held on the designs before a final decision is made.

The process is expected to take around 18 months to complete.

Redbridge Council originally negotiated the money for public art on the A406 flyover in South Woodford with housing developer Telford Homes in August 2005, as one of the requirements for its plan to build more than 400 hundred new properties on the nearby Queen Mary's Gate site.

The money was part of a 'Section 106' agreement which requires firms to pay a proportion of construction costs to the local authority for public works.