Kibkom North Cyprus Forum

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

brian24001 wrote: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...

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

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?