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BBC News
a day ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Wonky yellow lines painted on Old Hunstanton roads in Norfolk
Wonky yellow lines painted on the roads of a coastal village have seen an attempt to improve parking problems take a strange narrow lanes of Old Hunstanton often get clogged by parked vehicles as people head to the north-west Norfolk coast during the warmer meant new regulations were brought in on 11 July, restricting parking on several roads between 08:00 and 18:00 over a five-month Norfolk County Council said the new lines were below standard, and ordered remedial work as a "matter of urgency". The meandering yellow lines, including on Sea Lane and Waterworks Road, are a mixture of double and single of them continue across the end of driveways and incorrectly merge into one were painted on roads following a traffic regulation order (TRO) that was approved by the county council and came into effect on 11 July. Tom de Winton is the Conservative West Norfolk borough councillor for Old Hunstanton and has been working alongside the village's parish council on the traffic issues in recent years."We can all have a bit of a laugh about some wobbly yellow lines but the important thing is that our coastal villages do have a lot of traffic, particularly in the summer," he said."Councillors in Old Hunstanton have tried very hard to get the TRO and have been under quite a lot of pressure."But also managing to get a TRO takes a hell of a lot of time to get done, so when a silly clot does a bad job then they need to be made to go and do it again." A Norfolk County Council spokesperson said: "Unfortunately the double yellow lines at Old Hunstanton have not been installed to Norfolk County Council's specification or standards."Accordingly, we have requested the contractor to undertake remedial works as a matter of urgency."Some of these works have already taken place but others will be carried out over the coming weeks once the surface has been prepared."All remedial works will be completed at no cost to Norfolk County Council." Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
Wonky double yellow lines spark ridicule from villagers - who force council to do road markings again
A council has been ridiculed by its villagers after being forced to repaint yellow lines because its contractor's first attempt was too wonky. Locals in the diminutive village of Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, have been in hysterics at the botched attempt to stop visitors parking irresponsibly over the summer holidays. Some lines have been painted across residents' drives - while one appears to have painted over the section outside their property. Other single lines can even be seen avoiding patches of dirt on the road, taking a rather unorthodox shape as they bend round them. One man out walking his pet laughed as he said: 'They must have been p***** when they painted them.' Nick Eastwell, chairman of Old Hunstanton Parish Council, says villagers were pleased by the idea of new parking restrictions to halt the narrow streets being besieged by daytrippers. He claims that they had been trying to duck the £10 a day charge in the nearby Cliff Top car park and were inconveniencing locals in the process. However, he admitted that the work was not up to standard, saying: 'NCC Highways have readily acknowledged that their sub-contractor has done a very poor job lining Sea Lane and Waterworks Road. 'They confirmed that the lines will be redone as a matter of urgency. 'I think the first stab in those two roads did not enhance the look of the village.' A Norfolk County Council spokesman said: 'Unfortunately the double yellow lines at Old Hunstanton have not been installed to Norfolk County Council's specification or standards. 'Accordingly, we have requested the contractor to undertake remedial works as a matter of urgency. This work will be undertaken at no cost to Norfolk County Council.'
Telegraph
2 days ago
- Telegraph
Council forced to repaint wonky yellow lines
Council contractors have been forced to repaint double yellow lines in a village because the first attempt was too wonky. Lines added in Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, just before the start of the summer holidays to stop visitors parking irresponsibly have been mocked by locals for their crooked appearance. Some lines have been painted across residents' drives while one appears to have painted over the section outside their property. One man out walking his pet said: 'They must have been p----d when they painted them.' Nick Eastwell, chairman of Old Hunstanton Parish Council, says that villagers were pleased by the idea of new parking restrictions, after the narrow streets were besieged by visitors. He claims that the holiday-goers were trying to duck the £10 a day charge in the nearby Cliff Top car park and inconveniencing locals in the process. 'Lines will be redone as a matter of urgency' But he admits the work was not up to standard. He said: 'NCC Highways have readily acknowledged that their sub-contractor has done a very poor job lining Sea Lane and Waterworks Road. They confirmed that the lines will be redone as a matter of urgency. 'I think the first stab in those two roads did not enhance the look of the village.' A county council spokesman said: 'Unfortunately the double yellow lines at Old Hunstanton have not been installed to Norfolk County Council's specification or standards. 'Accordingly, we have requested the contractor to undertake remedial works as a matter of urgency. This work will be undertaken at no cost to Norfolk County Council.'
