Derry & Strabane Council to seek full audit of 'dirty and dangerous' road signage
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A motion, put forward by SDLP Councillor Shauna Cusack at a Full Council Meeting on Wednesday, April 24, proposed contacting the Minister for Infrastructure, John O’Dowd, to request an “immediate full survey and audit of the conditions of their directional and safety signage, with a view to implementing immediate improvements here.” The motion added: “This Council acknowledges the poor, dirty, absent and even dangerous condition of many of our road safety measures, such as signage and bollards....

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