Old County Road Signage - Rochestown, Maryborough Hill & Douglas

For many years now (decades), Douglas and Rochestown have been two of the main residential areas on the southside of Cork. Despite being part of Cork, this identity is lost through lingering road signage that was put in place by the County Council in the 2010s. Prior to this, the signs directed one to the "City Centre", however this was changed to say "Cork", which is incorrect. This error is not present in areas of the city that were in the existing city council area, like Mahon, Blackpool and Turners Cross. Even in 2019, following the expansion of the city council boundary, this error was not rectified. I believe to further encapsulate the identity of Cork and ensure areas of the city only recently taken under city council control fully integrate with exitsting city council areas, the following road signs should be updated. Also attatched is an image of a roadsign in Mahon, updated in 2012 after the introduction of the N40, that shows road signage can be upgraded without needing to recreate the entire sign, i.e. only covering over the sign error. Below is a summary of these images. With the introduction of the new city development plan formally recognising these areas of the city, now is the prime time to make these changes. These should be changed to say "City Centre", as they did prior to the 2012 change by the county council.

1. Maryborough Hill - refers to the road to the city centre as Cork, when the area already is in Cork

2. Rochestown Road/Clarke's Hill - again, refers to the road as going to Cork when the area is Cork. This used to say city centre prior to the county council change in the last decade. Due to attatchment limits, not all could be attatched

3. N28 - same as above

4. Mahon Precedent - Changing signs without replacing the entire sign, refers to the N40 bringing road users to the City Centre