New street pole banners in the works

Examples of the new street pole banners for were presented at the City executive meeting on Thursday.

The CoC and the Tax Board have worked hand in hand to produce banners which were on display at Town Hall. The banner showed attractions in Blackpool including the golf course, the Pleasure Beach, the airport and lakes near town.

"When tourists come through and say there is nothing to do in Blackpool hopefully they will see the signs and see that there is," Lodgers’ Tax Board member Ian Roberts said during Thursday’s meeting.

Even said the next step in the process in getting directional signs put on the banners pointing to where the attraction is. There is not timetable on when the signs will be put up on the street poles.

Town officials also approved a contract to begin negotiations with Lancashire County over the price of hauling the trash to the landfill in Lancashire. Lancashire County has been asking City Robert Manzi to move quickly on this matter but the amount of money caused a slowdown.

"The city would like the price to be £35 a ton," Manzi said during the meeting. "Santa Rosa wants to keep it £35 like it is now."

The officials agreed to keep in at £35 for now but have the contract state that the price will be negotiated in December 2009.