Town & Country Planning cracks down on unauthorised billboards
The Department of Town & Country Planning is cracking down on individuals and organisations erecting election billboards without authorisation.
Town & Country Planning said in a recent statement that the public erection of election campaign billboards is “strictly prohibited unless approval has been granted by the department.
“Permission for the erection of any billboard structures must be sought from the Planning Authority in advance,” the statement said.
The warning comes days after a billboard collapsed on a vehicle that was parked in the Road Town capital recently.
When our news centre arrived at the scene near Fishlock Road on the day in question, the extent of the damage to the vehicle was not immediately visible.
It was also unclear what caused the wooded structure to fall and to whom it belonged as there was no images mounted on the downed structure at the time.
A number of billboards have been erected across the territory, signalling the election season where political candidates and parties campaign to increase their chances of getting elected.
General elections are constitutionally due on April 24.
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SOme billboards cracking down themselves as well
It’s the 21st century!!! Campaign on the internet. Billboards advertising began in the centuries after Christ was born so why continue this ancient practice.
Mark my words. There will absolutely nothing done about this issue. Just like the politicians themselves this is pure talk. I challenge BVI news to identify one person fined this infraction.
Knock them all down. It’s about time laws were enforced.
Put the money to charitable places like Red Cross, Peebles or even retirement homes. LESS BOARDS!
Has been re-erected so wait and see whose face appears on it and sue for damage to the car and unauthorised erection! 🙂
Every election season the planning dept issues the same warning – every year it is ignored – and the dept does not take the signs down.
Useless – almost a bad as Water & Sewage under Perline’s management! Yes that bad.
They are all own by one man rent to the $150 perday