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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Edward Barnes

'Death trap' adverts rejected over fears they could harm area

LED adverts described as a “death trap” were rejected by Wirral Council over impact in a residential area.

Councillors voted unanimously to reject the proposals at a planning committee meeting highlighting the opposition from local residents and it would “harm the visual amenity in the area”.

The proposal was to replace two traditional advertising displays with two digital LED displays on Stanley Road in Bidston near Birkenhead North train station.

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