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The county council has pledged to refurbish highways signage around Scarborough following calls by readers.
Pleas by readers of The Scarborough News over the state of roads signage in the area have led to a renewal pledge by the county council. Patched-up, out-of-date, duplicated and grimed-up directional hoardings are being surveyed by North Yorkshire County Council, which invited members of the public to contribute to the survey.
The action will start in spring and follows calls by The Scarborough News.
A county council spokesman said: “We are developing a £50,000 programme to improve and smarten up highways signage in the Scarborough area.
“The surveying and designing work has now started, with the first signs being replaced in the spring time before the major tourist influx.”
County council leader Carl Les added: “We are committed to supporting Scarborough’s community and its businesses and helping to promote growth and develop tourism.
“We welcome this initiative to take pride and will work with people in the town and The Scarborough News to improve appearances.
“We have therefore been putting together a programme to improve highways signage in general in the district and the work will begin in the spring before the main summer tourist season.”
A number of readers wrote with suggestions earlier this month. More people have now joined the calls. Among them is Chris Widdowfield, of Crossgates, said: “Regarding the broken, misplaced and out of date road signs ... I couldn’t agree more. There are plenty in and around the town and outlying areas which need attention.”
Sue Speight, of Barrowcliff Road, said: “The sign for Barrowcliff Road at the Newby end near the roundabout at Wreyfield Drive – on one side it is readable but the other is a disgrace. It definitely needs replacing.”
Peter Critchett, of Crossgates, said the confusing road markings at the A64 Seamer and Crossgates by-pass from the Morrison’s roundabout and approaching Musham Bank, regularly makes drivers inadvertently take the Crossgates turn instead. The county council says it will repair the slanted Scarborough sign at Musham Bank roundabout.
Other signs fall under the remit of the borough council, including heavily-grimed CCTV signage such as the Queen Margaret’s Road.