Double yellow lines painted in an
alleyway that is too narrow to drive down have been covered over. The lines painted on both sides of a passageway, off Newhall Street in
Swindon, which left a gap of just 13in (33cm) have been repainted black.
Local residents have criticised the repair work as "totally ridiculous". But Swindon Borough Council said it was a "temporary measure" and the lines
would eventually be "burnt off" by the authority's contractor.
Photos from SWNS.
The alleyway, according to resident Nathalie Fisher, is so narrow "you
couldn't even fit a motorbike down it". Despite that, two sets of double yellow lines were painted along it by
council contractors to combat illegal parking. Residents have described painting the lines in the first place as a "little
bizarre" but painting over them in black paint as "even more bizarre".
But a council spokesman said they had been removed as the authority wanted
drivers to know that double yellow lines "are there for good reason and are
capable of being enforced". "These particular lines didn't get close to meeting either criteria," he
said. "The lines will be burnt off, but in the meantime they have been painted over
as a temporary measure."
Previously.
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