What a mess advertising boards

[laptatony]

Travelling to and from Lefkosa to Girne in the Girnelye area, the advertising boards have been covered up or stripped. What a total mess, just imagine what it will look like as they rot and deteriorate over the years. I know people have complained about them all but now they are more than an eyesore, they are a disgrace and are worse than ever.

[MikeK]

A half finished job as usual! I believe tourists are given rose tinted sunglasses when they arrive at Ercan!

[sabrerich]

I read recently that Gonyeli Bele, have taken the advertisements down, because they were illegally erected without permission and also no payment made to the Bele.

[sophie]

saberich, you've hit the nail on the head "they haven't paid Gonyeli Belediye"

[laptatony]

Better to have something that looks reasonable rather than al load of rusted metal along the road, Total disgrace what impression to it give to visitors, a derelict country

[C.S.S.R]

They are in the process of taking them down so far this week at least 4-5 have been removed, its not that easy a job as these are big frames also set in Concrete. They were striped last Sunday and all the plastic removed the next Day.

[brian24001]

If the Beli calls one of the local metal scrap collectors and gives permission to remove they will be gone by next day.

[Keithcaley]

If the Beli calls one of the local metal scrap collectors and gives permission to remove they will be gone by next day.

I think that the problem there would be that although the signs may not be situated legally, they are still the property of someone else. Removal by a scrap merchant without the express permision of the legal owner would be theft...

[gripon]

The skeleton advertising boards blend in nicely with the unfinished skeleton properties, WHAT NEXT ?

[tomsteel]

Maybe the properties built by builders on illegal situations, but owned legally, should not have been bulldozed - if there is any concern as to the legality of removing the metal signs. Does not depriving the rightful owners of their properties, without their permission, the use of them constitute a form of theft?