“I cannot fix potholes myself, but I can at least make sure signs are clean, clear and readable,” he said.
A local councillor has said that he has been forced to take it upon himself to go out and clean road signs which have been “badly neglected” by the Department for Infrastructure.
Alliance Councillor Aaron Skinner has been out and about in Carrickfergus and Greenisland over the weekend, cleaning a number of road signs.
Cllr Kinner said that while he can’t fix the potholes in the roads, he can at least do his bit to make the roads a bit safer.
“With road conditions continuing to deteriorate, I cannot fix potholes myself, but I can at least make sure signs are clean, clear and readable for drivers and pedestrians,” he said.
“Local DfI staff on the ground are working as hard as they can, but are being let down by a Department that is failing to provide the resources needed to keep roads safe and properly maintained.
“While cleaning signs will not fix the wider problems, it is about doing something useful rather than standing back and accepting things as they are.”
A DFI spokesperson said: “The Department’s resource budget, which is used to deliver day-to-day maintenance activities, has been under significant pressure for over a decade.
“In response, the Department has had to reduce its routine road maintenance activities to a limited service, which prioritises public safety, with priority given to mandatory and warning signs.”
For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage here and sign up to our daily newsletter here.