BBC News, West Midlands
BBCEngland and union flags are being blown in parts of Birmingham, being taken down due to maintenance works.
Local people hanging the union Jack and St. George Cross in the city’s Woli Castle and Northfield regions said they were doing so in an act of patriotism.
But the Birmingham City Council issued a security petition to the residents attaching the flag for lamppost and other road furniture.
It said that it was upgrading streetlights to energy-efficient LED lighting and till now about 200 banners and flags were removed.
A statement issued by the council stated that work will reduce the cost of energy use and low maintenance.
It said: “The work is going to start adjacently, and the lamp column needs to be free from attachment, so the work can be done as soon as possible and safely.
“People who engage unauthorized items into lamppost can put their lives and motorists and pedestrians at risk.
“We [are] Continuing to do so every week and ask that the employees doing this work are allowed to continue this work. ,
‘Capacity for collapse’
The council’s plan has created an online debate with the residents of Woli Castle.
One person said that he loved seeing the flags around the neighborhood, “Unfortunately the council is the owner of the lamppost, so it is their property.”
A funderizer has been organized by the campaigners Woli Warriors to raise funds for more flags. With the gathering of more than £ 4,000 so far – the group said that its purpose was to “give hope to local communities”.
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It said: “Lamppost is engineered for their specific purpose, and connecting the flag and attachment to the additional weight or stress can weaken them over time, probably leading to fall.”
