Spelling mistakes on Penrith’s new £170,000 town centre signs will come before town councillors on Monday, with members asked simply to note an update as the cost of correcting the errors remains unclear.
Penrith Town Council’s planning committee will be told that arrangements are being made to correct mistakes on some of the recently installed wayfinding and interpretation signs.
The update follows Penrith Town News coverage of errors including “St Andews Church” on signage intended to help visitors explore the town’s landmarks and history. The scheme was funded through the Government’s Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal.
The update to councillors will recive at planning Mondays meeting states: “Officers are aware of a small number of minor spelling errors on some of the recently installed wayfinding and interpretation signs. These were identified following installation and, working with partners, work is underway to arrange the necessary corrections. Details of associated financial implications (if any) will be reported to Council when confirmed”.
No date for completing the corrections has been goven by the town council along with the unanswered question whether the work will carry an additional cost to the council and Penrith council tax payers to correct.
The new signs include fingerposts, visitor information panels and walking route maps, alongside information about local landmarks and links to a digital heritage trail. The council announced the installation had been completed in September.
Monday’s update does not explain how the spelling errors passed through the councils checking and approval process before the signs were manufactured and installed.
Members of the town council planning committe will be asked to note the update, with any confirmed financial implications of the corrections to the signage to be reported to the full council at a future date once details of costs are known.
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