Some redundant sign posts
have still to be removed.
Does Rother District Council
really believe that it needs to explain that the objects in
front of the sign are recycling bins or that the warning notice
promotes health and safety in any material way?
The private signs below
were erected by the side of the A259 on land that is part
of a Scheduled Ancient Monument and owned by the National
Trust without the permission of the Trust, the leaseholder
or English Heritage. The locations are also directly opposite
the junctions to which they are pointing --- too close for
vehicles to safely turn off. As soon as these two signs were
erected, two businesses added their own signs, demonstrating
just how quickly clutter breeds on itself.
Surely, the Ancient Town of Winchelsea deserves
better gateway signs than these characterless motorway monstrosities?
And why is this venerable ancient monument
(the Ferry Gate) blighted with so many badly-sited and installed
signs?
Winchelsea traffic sign counter
On 30 April 2002
223 signs
199 panels
180 posts
135 sites
On 31 December
2006
of which:
191 signs
171 panels
129 posts
102 sites
Highways Agency
160 signs
140 panels
140 posts
101 sites
County
Council
36 signs
32 panels
21 posts
18 sites
Rother
District Council
3 signs
3 panels
2 posts
2 sites
Sustrans
15 signs
15 panels
7 posts
7 sites
others
7 signs
7 panels
9 posts
6 sites
A sign is an individual direction.
A panel is a single metal plate. A panel
may display more than one sign.
A post is a single support. A post may
support more than one panel. Some posts have no panels attached
(somebody removed the sign but could not be bothered to
dig out the post).
A site is a location where one or more
posts support the same panel or more than one panel.
