River Gryfe safety signs should state deaths have occurred in the water, insists councillor
Get the latest Renfrewshire stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterNew safety signs along the River Gryfe should make clear people have died by jumping into the water and not just ask people not to swim, a councillor has insisted.Elected members have agreed to install seven GPS signs at six potentially dangerous spots along the river which will have a designated code attached to them to let emergency services know exactly where a distress call is coming from.Officers have also said in a report they intend to install signs which will say, for example, "Danger- Deep Water/Swimming".But Councillor James MacLaren, who represents Bridge of Weir which the river runs through, has called for stronger wording to be used to