Over-the-street banner mounted to metal arch, ideas?

[Doyle]

I have been approached by our city to give them options for mounting a banner to the structure in the attached photo. But, they have given me stipulations which have made it difficult...

First off, they want the banner to be mounted within the 2 arched beams which stretch over the road, in only the right 1/3 of the arch (see the upright supports). Size of the banner will be roughly 24" x 30 feet.

The goal for them is to introduce this idea with little to no modification of the existing structure, so no welding/drilling etc. (yeah, I know....) So this leaves very few possibilities as far as I can see, bungees come to mind. Bungees will be hideous, and I see no way of securing bungees around the poles without drilling, or adding something else that would be really ugly, not to mention the glaring liability that this job may expose me to. I would imagine that if anything but bungees were used, wind-slits would also need to be used?

I'm just throwing this out here to see if anyone here at the Signs101 community may have some other ideas. We are super swamped at the moment and was given only 2 days to come up with some ideas for the city manager. I am supposed to talk with him again today, and I have nothing...

Any comments/feedback/ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[signage]

Bandit tool and accessories to attach it.

 

[Billct2]

You mean something like this?
I would think you could do this with big strap ties or even like fastening an awning to a frame. If it's single face use mesh.
In any case put ALL the liability on the town in writing that they sign off on.

 

[CanuckSigns]

The curve is what concerns me, how to get the banner to curve without wrinkling at the bottom?

But i second the bandit solution,

 

[signage]

In any case put ALL the liability on the town in writing that they sign off on.

 

[Doyle]

Thanks for the replies! I am going to research the option of the band-it fasteners with a mesh banner.

 

[Billct2]

how to get the banner to curve without wrinkling at the bottom

It should be fabricated to follow the curve

 

[ChicagoGraphics]

What about a pole pocket but you would have to make it in a way that you would install it first then make the pocket during installation. Or use a lot of grommets and clear zip ties.

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

Band-it. They were just at our shop yesterday for a trade show style thing. They have alot of new accessories out there that could deffinetely help with this. If it's going on a pole use band it.