€10K ON 4 SIGNS IS BANG OUT OF ORDER..

City notices plan slammed

A COUNCILLOR has hit out at plans to spend £10,000 on new signs to tell people Bangor is now a city.

Ards and North Down Council will also use ratepayers money on switching signage and stationery as Bangor Town Hall becomes a city hall.

At a council committee meeting, the Green Party’s Stephen Dunlop said: “Whilst having the city status is fantastic, I am concerned about criticism that could come if we start to incur unbudgeted expenditure, given the cost of living crisis etc.

“I don’t think I would be prepared to support that element of it. The signage could wait.”

UUP Councillor David Chambers said: “I know when we were taking the decision to apply for city status, we had a lot of debate about it.

“But ultimately we did take a decision, and with that decision comes a responsibility to commit to it, and not do things half-heartedly.

“In relation to the signage, I think it would seem rather absurd to wait three years after being granted city status before we would update that signage. So I am content to support the proposal.”

Councillors agreed to arrange the presentation of the letters patent and the conferment ceremony for city status, and also for officers to press ahead with designs for entrance signs to the new city.

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