Ards and North Down Council is facing a bill of thousands of pounds if it decides to relocate new village signs which had to be removed following objections from residents.
The local authority will have to pay around £2,500 if they re-install the signs which were removed at two villages in the borough. In one case police alleged criminal damage had occurred after the new village sign was pulled out of the ground before being dumped on the roadside.
A report has been produced for the council’s Regeneration and Development Committee, highlighting “issues” regarding the council’s Rural Signage Scheme, which was signed off by members in April 2022. The scheme was implemented using underspend from the Covid 19 revitalisation fund, which came from the Stormont Department for Communities.
