Vulcan’s Star Trek Walk of Fame might not be completed as originally planned.

Despite the creative initiative to commemorate Star Trek stars who have visited Vulcan with a walk of fame, the one plaque that has been placed in town has not weathered as well as expected.

Residents might be familiar with the bronze plate that sits on the corner of Second Avenue and Centre Street in front of Threadlinks, which was placed after Garrett Wang — who played Ensign Harry Kim on Star Trek: Voyager — visited. Its condition has deteriorated since its placement, making it difficult to read what’s inscribed on the plaque.

Devan Daniels, tourism administrator at the Vulcan Tourism and Trek Station, noticed throughout the past year the writing and handprint was getting flatter and flatter as time progressed.

“With our climate here in Canada, we have snow-clearing equipment, so that means brushes, shovels — the whole bit,” said Daniels. “What’s happening to the bronze tile is one, it’s being worn thin, which means eventually it’ll just disappear and become totally flat. The second thing is it’s being scratched really, really badly. Even the cement form around it — the delta shield — is chipping.”

The plaque was set in the cement delta shield two years ago. There are two other delta shields that have been made but don’t have plaques yet. Now the tourism society is reconsidering how the plaques should be displayed.

“What we need to do is get the bronze tiles out of the ground and display them differently so that they will last for years and years to come,” said Daniels.

Some options have been considered, one being having the plaques raised by a concrete podium that sits at about waist level for visitors to observe and read. This idea was discounted because it simply creates more obstacles on the sidewalks, said Daniels.

The most recent option that is being considered is instead of having a walk of fame downtown, having a wall of fame. But this idea still needed to be brought up with the board, said Daniels.

The idea behind having a walk or wall of fame is to drive tourist traffic into the middle of town, said Daniels.

“Our problem here that we have always had is that people stop at the tourist centre and then they get back on the highway and keep going,” said Daniels.

The inspiration behind the walk of fame came from workers at the Trek Station wanting to commemorate the actors who have visited the town during Spock Days.

At this year’s Spock Days, two plaques were unveiled to commemorate Ethan Phillips and Robert Picardo, who played Neelix and The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager, respectively.

Daniels hopes that with the continuation of Spock Days and the addition of plaques that it will grow the walk or wall of fame and make it an even bigger attraction for tourists to come and see.

“In addition, the people who have already seen the wall of fame at one point, two or three years later will see that it’s different because of all the additions. They’ll want to see it again,” said Daniels.

“We see it as a sustainable tourism idea — there’s always going to be something new to see with the wall (or walk) of fame. People can keep coming back time and time again and it won’t be the same old same old.”