New tourist signs have started popping up in Colchester to stop confused visitors getting lost.

Council leisure chiefs are spending £115,000 on 25 new signposts in the town centre to help bewildered tourists.

That works out at £4,600 each.

But Colchester Council claims the signs are worth every penny.

They staged a special exhibition 18 months ago to find out what improvements were needed.

A spokesman said: "One of the comments we got is people can't find their way around Colchester.

"Obviously the current signs aren't adequate - the idea is to make it easier."

Published Friday August 6, 2004

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