Council removes St George’s flags hung by locals to upgrade street lighting
British and Union Jack flags, according to residents, the flags in Birmingham’s regions are transferred – the Municipal Assembly claims that the movement is part of the planned maintenance work.
Weoley Castle and Northfield residents have been hanging flags in recent weeks, a patriotic action they say. However, the Council warned that connecting flags to lamps is a danger to drivers and pedestrians.
He said that a donation from the local community group Weoley Warriors was “overwhelmed ıyla with donations that gathered more than 5,000 £ to help buy flags, poles and cable bonds.
The group describes itself as bir a group of proud British man with a common goal to show how proud we are to Birmingham and the rest of the country, our history, freedoms and achievements ”. The group said it aims to give hope to local communities.
Birmingham City Council said that the personnel were instructed to remove all the annexes from the lampposts before they were promoted to energy -saving LED street lighting.
The Council said that the work will help to reduce the energy usage, carbon emissions and maintenance costs. Authorized, since the beginning of the year, approximately 200 advertising banners and flags connected to the lamps have been removed, he added.
A Council spokesman: “Lamp columns need to stay away from the annexes, so that the job can be realized as quickly and safely as possible, and people who wear unauthorized goods on the lamps may risk their lives and the risk of drivers and pedestrians.”
The authority, the largest municipal council in Europe, added that the flags and other attachments can prevent visibility, create electrical hazards or weaken weakening over time.
Sözcü said that he had routinely removed elements such as advertising signs, cherry birds and flags by performing “stress tests ındaki in street furniture before official events or celebrations.
Some residents supported the flags on social media.
“I am a patriotic old lady who is very pleased to see all the beautiful St George’s and union flags flying in lamps,” he wrote.
Another calm said: “A proud community is a powerful community, and whatever your past, race or religion, we live together in this country, so they fly for you when they see the flags fly.”
Birmingham conservatives criticized the council’s actions, accusing the authority of laboratory of inconsistency.
In a statement, “The Working Council announced that the cross flags of Union Jack and St George, who have been blown by residents in public places throughout the city, have allowed the flags of other nations to fly for the last two years, ‘will be cut off for security reasons’.
“When we see that our national flags fly, he proudly fills us with our country, our history and common achievements, and he should stop acting as if labor is a shame,” he added.
