Wollongong MP, Paul Scully, has written to Sydney’s Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, today requesting that Sydney City Council use Port Kembla produced steel for its controversial public art proposal, ‘Cloud Arch’.

Sydney City Council voted to proceed with ‘Cloud Arch’ at a meeting last night.

‘Cloud Arch’ is expected to be sculpted from 83 tonnes of steel.

Mr Scully has asked Sydney’s Lord Mayor to source the steel from Port Kembla.

Mr Scully’s letter to the Lord Mayor is attached.

Comments attributable to Paul Scully MP:

“Having made the decision to proceed with the controversial ‘Cloud Arch’ public art for Sydney, I believe our local steel produced at Port Kembla should be used in its sculpture.

“The ‘Cloud Arch’ will require 83 tonnes of steel and there is no better steel in the world to make it out of than Port Kembla made steel.

“I’ve today written to Sydney’s Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, requesting that Council use Port Kembla made steel to sculpt Sydney’s ‘Cloud Arch’.

“It’ll be good to see NSW’s two major cities linked forever steel produced in Wollongong in this ‘Cloud Arch’ sculpture.

“We’re proud of the steel we make in Wollongong and we want to see it used in every infrastructure project, including public art.

“It’s one of the reasons NSW Labor has re-introduced the Securing NSW Steel Industry Bill 2017 into the Parliament, after the Government tried its tricky political tactics to defeat it last year.

“Debate on the Securing NSW Steel Industry Bill 2017 is expected to commence again on 14 September.”