Restoration a sign of the times
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KINGSTON Council has approved spending $60,000 to restore an old sign in Mentone.
The Nylex sign at 29 Nepean Highway is in line to be restored. In addition to approving the allocation of $60,000 in ratepayer funding in the 2020/2021 budget for the project, council has also agreed to “make an annual allocation in future operating budgets to support the operational expenses associated with the costs associated with maintaining the sign”.
The funding will be reallocated from savings from other capital works projects in the budget.
A summary provided to Kingston councillors by council officers reads that the sign is “heritage listed in the Kingston Planning Scheme and presents an important signifier of the former industrial use of the subject land.”