The York Council has announced that it is to employ consultants to recommend a new design for “signposts” in York.
The Council has refused to reveal how much the design work will cost or , indeed, how much changing all York’s signposts would cost.
The Council has been increasingly criticised for neglecting sub-urban shopping and residential areas while ploughing millions into cosmetic improvements to a limited number of city centre streets.
It also faces a potential financial crisis in the wake of the Lendal Bridge/Coppergate affair with many commentators expecting that that Council will be forced to repay the £2 million in fines that it unlawfully imposed..
The Council’s media release says,
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