Welcome to Wolverhampton CITY centre (finally!)
Road signs directing traffic towards Wolverhampton TOWN centre have finally been updated 14 years after it became a city - with a set of cheap cut-out stickers.
The stickers have been placed over signs around the Parkfield and Ettingshall areas.
The word 'city' has simply been stuck over the word 'town' and the results have been branded less than impressive. One effort on Spring Road sees 'city' appear at least an inch above the word 'centre'.
Critics had slammed the authority for dragging its feet over changing the information on the signposts. Some are now accusing it of showing a slapdash approach to updating the signs.
Liberal democrat campaigner Tom Stokes contacted Wolverhampton City Council earlier this year to alert them that the signs had not been changed.
He said: "I suppose some people would say that replacing the word 'town' using stickers is a cheaper method during these current economic times. However they look rather disappointing to say the least."
Councillor Peter Bilson, Wolverhampton City Council's cabinet member for regeneration, said the issue was resolved as far as the authority was concerned.
But readers took to Twitter today to point out that not all signs had been changed.
Wolverhampton was named as a 'Millenium City' when it became one of three newly-named cities to mark the year 2000.
It had applied for the status a number of times and got the prestigious accolade in December 2000, along with Brighton and Hove and Inverness.
Wolverhampton City Council was unavailable for further comment.
