Douglas Council will dip into reserves to pay for decorative lighting on the promenade sea wall.
The £40,000 project was originally planned to be funded from a street lighting revenue budget - but that no longer exists.
The LED lights will illuminate 28 artworks along the wall.
Chair of the Environmental Services Committee Falk Horning told Local Democracy Reporter Emma Draper the lights will be marine grade:
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