Businesses in Inverness have been told to remove all freestanding advertising boards erected on public footpaths.
Highland Council made the move following the completion of the £6M Inverness streetscape project, which included the upgrading of surfaces and installation of new street furniture in the city centre (Surveyor 25 June 2009).
The local authority said that it was cutting down on street clutter in the name of public safety.
The council has notified 62 city centre businesses that were displaying promotional boards on footways to remove them within seven days or risk them being taken away by the council. Failure to remove the boards would result in the council imposing a fee for the full costs of removal.
Les Houlker, the council’s technical manager with transport environmental and community services, said: ‘As advertising boards present a hazard to pedestrians – particularly the visually impaired and disabled – it has been decided that only in exceptional circumstances, such as within a cordoned off outdoor café area, would permission be given to place advertising boards on the public footpath.’
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