Funding bids lodged to replace town signs + introduce new flexible digital signage

An attempt to secure six figure funding to improve the town’s signage is underway.

Two bids have been made from Wrexham Council revolving around the important yet unglamorous topic of signage.

Details of a bid to the Welsh Government ‘Tourism Amenity Investment Support’ scheme has been outlined, with the investment fund described as being aimed at ‘developing quality sustainable tourism facilities, add value to visitor experience, deliver quality, innovation and a sense of place”.

If successful the first could see the old town centre signs improved, with the old signage pictured above being referred to. Although the pictured sign is pointing to the named items in the correct way, there are others in the town that have been mischievously or accidentally spun over the years and are less reliable.

A second bid would see ‘digital dot matrix signs’ placed on key routes into Wrexham.

The aim of the signs would be to provide easily changeable signage for events promotion, road closing, guidance and similar information to road users.

Likely roads for the signs would be Mold Road, Rhostyllen and a point for people heading from the Whitchurch direction towards town.

Destination Manager at Wrexham Council, Joe Bickerton, described the ideas as ‘good projects’ and gave a timeframe of ‘before Christmas’ to deliver them if the bid process was successful.