Residents were left fuming after a disabled bay was painted directly opposite another parking space. The council blunder in a street in Sefton, near Liverpool, was soon rectified after angry locals took to social media to air their frustration.
The situation arose after a disabled parking bay was installed by contractors at York Road, in Crosby, earlier this week. Locals soon questioned the road change on social media after noticing the two bays would leave no space at all for cars to pass down the road, Liverpool Echo reports.
Tagging Sefton Council in a post on Twitter yesterday, one local resident named Lisa said: "Sefton Council can you explain this to me please. How do I drive my car down the road that I live in to get to my driveway if a car is parked in this bay and both cars parked in the spaces facing! Don’t get me started on emergency services and bin collection etc!”
Another Twitter user Paul also tagged Sefton Council in a post, sharing an image that was added into a local Facebook group showing a small gap between the the painted bays, effectively cutting off the road to all traffic if both were occupied. Paul said: “I agree that the disabled need parking and actually think there should be more of them, but can you explain why this one has popped on York road Crosby, surely it causes an access risk if parked in.”
Sefton Council responded to the posts on Twitter saying the reports had been logged. After being alerted to the blunder, a contractor scrubbed away one of the parking bays.
A photograph taken earlier today shows the aftermath with scrubbed out lines now in place of the non-disabled parking bay. A Sefton Council spokesperson said: “As soon as we were informed of the mistake by a member of the public, we contacted the contractor and the markings were removed yesterday morning.”
