Road signs to get a makeover – in prison
DAMAGED roadwork signs in Herts are set for a spell in prison. Herts Highways will be sending broken steel temporary signs to The Mount Prison in Bovingdon. The aim is to give the signs a makeover in an effort to cut resource wastage. The signs will be re
DAMAGED roadwork signs in Herts are set for a spell in prison.
Herts Highways will be sending broken steel temporary signs to The Mount Prison in Bovingdon.
The aim is to give the signs a makeover in an effort to cut resource wastage.
The signs will be repaired in the prison's metal workshop.
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Hundreds of street signs are damaged across the country each year.
The aluminium signs are also being recycled in another scheme introduced by Herts Highways.
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In recent weeks, staff have been collecting them for recycling, and the Bedford-based company EMR takes the aluminium as raw material for refineries and smelters.
Councillor Stuart Pile, executive member for transport and the environment said: "These recycling programmes show how keen we are on imaginative and innovative green initiatives.
