Embarrassed parking bosses have owned up to having out-of-date visitor information boards in Perth.
A “Welcome to Perth” board at the Kinnoull Steet car park run by SMART Parking has details of putting on both the North and South Inches, which is no longer the case.
The information board, which is aimed at tourists, also has an arrow showing a route to Bell’s Cherrybank Gardens, which closed in 2008.
Bill Webster, of Perth, hit out at the information board, labelling it as “nonsense”.
“This board is located on the ground floor of the Kinnoull Street car park, at the Perth Concert Hall entrance, and is there for the benefit of visitors but it has out-of-date information on it,” he told The Courier.
“It shows there is putting at both the North and South Inch in Perth, which is wrong, and it also has information for the Cherrybank Gardens, which closed years ago.”
He added: “This information is totally wrong and whoever is responsible should change these boards to give correct details.”
Andy Thomson, of Craigie, Perth, also slammed the information boards.
“This board is a total joke,” he said.
“To have information telling people they can play putting is very misleading and, as for the information telling people that the Cherrybank Gardens is still open, is very poor.
“The people responsible should hang their heads in shame.”
After initially stating that it did not run the car park, a spokesperson for SMART Parking said: “Firstly, we would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused to this gentleman during his visit to the Kinnoull Street car park.
“We welcome any feedback to improve our services.
“In partnership with our colleagues at Perth and Kinross Council, immediate temporary changes have been made to the maps and new maps will be provided in the very near future.”
A spokesperson for Perth and Kinross Council added: “We are aware of the maps of the city centre which can be found in the vicinity of the car park.
“The council is currently developing exciting plans to replace maps and interpretation boards as part of a wider project to significantly enhance visitor signage, orientation and interpretation for the city.
“This includes welcome signs on routes into Perth and signposting to key facilities, complementing work being done with online resources, as well as the relocation of the VisitScotland information centre to Perth High Street.
“This project was recently the subject of a report to the council’s enterprise and infrastructure committee on April 2.”