Date: 04/03/2008
Visitors and delivery van drivers can breathe a sigh of relief, as they're less likely to get lost now that 18 new street signs are installed in Chapel-en-le-Frith.
High Peak Borough Council checked all the street signs in Chapel-en-le-Frith town centre recently, after a local resident complained he could not find an address because there was no sign.
The Council's Going Local initiative and Chapel Regneration Partnership paid for 11 new street signs and seven replacements for faded and damaged ones, in a conservation style that is appropriate to the historic town centre.
The Going Local initiative is part of the Area Forum Programme covering the whole of High Peak. Each Forum area has been allocated an improvement fund for local, community led projects, with a focus on 'cleaner, greener, safer' themes.
Councillor David Lomax, Chair of the Central Area Forum, said: "I am really pleased that we have been able to work in partnership to bring the new conservation street signs to the centre of Chapel. This will not only allow visitors to find addresses more easily, but it will also allow health care professionals and first responders to find locations as quickly as possible -- which could help save lives."
Mike Smith, Chair of Chapel Regneration Partnership, said: "It was important that we didn't just put standard street signs in Chapel's historic centre -- they would have detracted from the distinctive appearance of the 'old town'. The new signs are easy to read and fashioned in a style that is appropriate for streets in a Conservation Area."
Photo: Councillor Andrew Bingham (Executive Member for Social and Community Development and Chapel-en-le-Frith West ward councillor) and Mike Smith (Chair of Chapel Regneration Partnership) with two of the new signs.