A street sign typo which left North Shields residents amused and confused is set to be corrected.
Contractors hired by the council provided residents with a new street-level sign on Monday, below another street sign near a second storey window on number one Tintern Crescent. However, the new sign, incorrectly, reads “Tinern Crescent”.
A photo of the error was shared on Facebook, where it generated amusement and disbelief. But locals told ChronicleLive they did have concerns about the sign and other issues on the estate.
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Pauline Birdsey, 72, a retired nurse and a local resident expressed concerns of future vandalism. “Someone will graffiti it,” said Ms Birdsey, “I can see it coming.”
Mark Wilkinson, 54, another resident, added: “It is definitely a waste. I think its a case of just ‘do your job, do what you're told, put that sign there’. They don’t care what’s written on it."
John Sparks, director of Regeneration and Economic Development at North Tyneside Council, said: “We recently received a request to replace a damaged street sign in Tintern Crescent with a new sign. We use a contractor for these works and the correct spelling of the street was supplied to the contractor.
"Unfortunately, the sign was produced and installed containing an error. We have been made aware of this error and the contractor will be replacing the sign, at their expense and we expected this to be rectified in the coming days.
“We are committed to ensuring our estates have a tidy appearance and providing a safe environment for the public, and each year we allocate budgets to areas such as our highways and our environment team to deliver this commitment. We’ve recently increased investment into our environmental service to raise standards, attract visitors and generate civic pride.
"This includes the recruitment of four new environmental maintenance teams to clear litter, increase grass cutting and tackle weeds. Our website has handy reporting tools that we encourage residents to use to make us aware of any specific concerns they have with their area.”
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