The Highways Agency is forcing Arundel Gallery Trail to remove the sculptures from the A27 roundabout only ten days after they were installed because of concerns they could cause an accident.
The Causeway roundabout has been used as a gallery for up-and-coming artists for more than a decade.
But an agency investigation, sparked by one complaint, concluded the arachnoid art was too dangerous because it could distract motorists.
Sculptor Stuart Slade, 34, a mature fine art student at Northbrook College, said: “There have been sculptures on that roundabout for 15 years without any problems. I put a lot of heart into creating these sculptures and feel gutted I am going to have to take them down. You take it on the chin when people say they do not like your art but to have to remove it because it is a giant spider is hard to take.”
Michelle Scott, of the Arundel Gallery Trail, said she could not understand why a 10ft tall chicken statue had been allowed on a Dorking roundabout for more than a year, while the spider sculptures were being removed.
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