Article: Pair's billboard u-turn draws flak.(NEWS)

Byline: Mathew Dearnaley

A u-turn by Action Hobson councillors over Auckland City Council's proposed billboard ban is being hailed by industry but lambasted by leaders of both the council's main political groups.

The two-member Action Hobson team of Christine Caughey and Richard Simpson joined the Outdoor Advertising Association yesterday in a bold announcement that the billboard controversy was ''set to be resolved'' by a compromise proposal of their making.

They called for support from the rest of the council to withdraw the proposed blanket ban on billboards in central Auckland in favour of an improved regulatory regime which would include the removal of signs ...

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