Signage warning against parking on Roysvale playing field, Forres has been vandalised
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SIGNAGE asking people not to park on Roysvale playing fields has been vandalised.
The warnings were initially screwed into trees along Roysvale Place before they were removed after complaints on environmental grounds to local Moray Councillor Lorna Creswell and put up on poles by the local authority instead.
She said: "Residents had complained about parking on the grass and there is a free car park at Forres Academy which drivers could be using instead.
"Leisure staff tried to solve the issue but dog walkers raised the lack of thought in using screws for the 'No Parking' signs - damaging trees is not caring for our environment."
Nearby resident Yvonne Findlay was "shocked by the signs screwed to three beautiful trees".
She said: "One tree had two signs mounted with one to the back and one to the front. Cars parking on the grass were damaging the grass and the tree roots but I did not understand why signs had been screwed to them instead of mounting them on signposts.
They were penetrating their bark, exposing them to infection and disfigurement. The signs were also very unsightly and not a good example of how we care for our natural environment. "
She added: "I was delighted to see that within a week of contacting cllr Creswell, the council mounted them on appropriate signposts instead.
"However, sadly both signs have been vandalised within a week. They were eye catching but flimsy."
