Council apologise for spelling street name three different ways on four signs

South Hams District Council have managed to spell Whiteley Avenue in Totnes, Devon, three different ways on four signs - all in the space of a few yards.



The two signs at the entrance to the road have renamed the street Whitley Avenue, while another sign just five yards away has its own version of Whitely Avenue. The only correct sign is another 30 yards up the road where the road is rightly named Whiteley Avenue.





Brian Kelly, who lives in the road, has been trying to get the district council to correct the signs for the last nine months. Now he has finally been told the signs are on a list for being replaced. He said: “The old wooden signs rotted away and the council put up replacements about a year ago, with the spelling mistakes.



“It’s bizarre. You’d think the council would just be able to copy the old signs, but instead they came up with not one but two different spellings. They told me they will be correcting the mistake, but have to wait to buy a batch of new signs, because it’s cheaper.” A spokesman for South Hams District Council said: “We apologise to the residents of Whiteley Avenue for this error and we are ordering new signs to rectify this problem.”