By Dan Walsh at Enniscorthy and Gorey Kilmuckridge meetings today
According to Wexford County Council “the presentation of the town is of utmost importance” and the Council has raised concerns about the “issue of sandwich boards and bollard sleeves becoming more prevalent across the county.”
The matter was raised at meetings of Gorey Kilmuckridge and Enniscorthy Municipal Districts today, the Cathedral town decided to take the issue “as read” although the District Manager informed the members that “letters will be going out” to the business community.
At the Gorey Kilmuckridge meeting, District Manager Philip Knight addressed “unauthorised advertising signage” under ‘any other business’ and he called on “the goodwill of the business community to remove the signs”, otherwise “further action will be taken.”
There were almost no reaction although Cllr Joe Sullivan asked about the situation around advertising community events, ‘for sale’ signs and promotion of tourism and special local events, but to no avail.
A statement issued by Enniscorthy Municipal District Council informs us that “a walkability audit was carried out in recent years and captured the existing conditions on set walking routes in Enniscorthy.
“The audit was carried out by a wide range of people of various ages and abilities including disability and older peoples’ organisations, those caring for people living with dementia, members of the public and Wexford County Council staff.
“The audit process highlighted this issue. Wexford County Council are undertaking a countywide review on this, and letters will be issued to offenders in late February and March.”
At a time when business is on the floor, streets are empty for most of the day, tourism is almost non-existent, surely changing the character of the towns and isolating the business community from its valued customers is the wrong direction to go about things. And don’t get me started on traffic management and parking in our intimate market towns?
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