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Shoppers furious as council spends £178k on wiggly line pedestrian zone

Ed Southgate

Published: 0:03, 30 May 2022
Updated: 0:03, 30 May 2022

SHOPPERS are furious that council chiefs have wasted money painting wiggly white lines in a new pedestrianised zone.

It was all part of a £178,000 scheme in Worthing, West Sussex.

Shoppers are furious that council chiefs have wasted money painting wiggly white lines in a new pedestrianised zone

It was all part of a £178,000 scheme in Worthing, West Sussex

The decorative lines alone cost £1,230.

Local Tamara Murray said: “Waste of money and silly design.

“By taking away the safe disabled parking there it will take away business from Worthing.”

Andrea Bristow added: “It looks like a kid has been let loose with a white line machine!

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“What an absolute mess.”

£23,500 of the £178k cost was spent on “technical scheme design” and management fees.

Adur and Worthing Council defended the decision.

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