Scotland’s transport minister, Stewart Stevenson, has said it would be ‘irresponsible’ not to review existing policy on bilingual road signs before any more were erected.
In response to a letter from the Highlands Council which called for more English-Gaelic signage, Stevenson said there was evidence of some motorists performing U-turns after misreading signs, due to concentrating on bilingual ones.
The council’s Gaelic committee last year announced it intended to widen its signage programme on trunk roads. Committee chairman, Hamish Fraser, believes this will bring the language to the attention of more people.
Stevenson said a report reviewing the effects of the signage required a minimum of three years to gather data. The minister’s response will be discussed at the committee’s meeting this week.
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