Plan to put adverts on roundabouts in Market Drayton expected to receive green light

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Cash-strapped Shropshire Council is hoping the plan will generate more money.

The council revealed the idea last year, when it said selling advertising space on roundabouts, lampposts, signs and verges could bring in nearly £400,000 a year.

If plans are given the go ahead, three signs will be installed on the A53/Shrewsbury Road roundabout, and five on the A53/A529 Adderley Road island. A development management report said:"Local authority roundabout sponsorship or advertising schemes are now very common throughout the UK and Shropshire Council would like to offer local businesses the opportunity to advertise.

 

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