Drivers left fuming after council paints yellow lines UNDER their parked cars – and then gives them a £70 fine

DRIVERS were left fuming after a council painted yellow lines UNDER their parked cars - and then gave them a £70 fine.

The contractor allegedly painted the parking lines on the quiet residential street in Wokingham, Berkshire, without warning residents beforehand.

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They allegedly lifted cars parked along the road with a crane on a truck, and while suspended, they painted the yellow lines underneath.

And then the cars were placed back down - and slapped with a £70 fine.

One resident Moeen Ulhaq said that he's set on fighting the ticket and appealing after the parking fiasco.

He said that his family saw the contractors picking up and painting the lines - before putting the cars down and issuing penalty notices.

The 19-year-old said: "I parked there last night and there were no signs warning they would be painting lines.

"I woke up about 10.30am and my mum told me they were moving the cars and painting lines. 

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"They didn't make much noise, I couldn't hear them doing it.

"One by one, they were lifting each car and putting them back down. 

"I got there and my ticket had been issued at 11.20am."

Councillor Shirley Boyt from Bulmershe and Whitegates claimed that residents weren't given any notice of the road works - and admitted that the lines were newly painted.

She was told that parking restriction cones would be placed on the road yesterday, but this did not happen, she says.

The Cllr said that she reached out to the borough and personally offered to place letters on each of the cars on the quiet, residential Blackthorn Close.

But the council said it wouldn't be necessary as there would be cones placed on the road.

She said: "I offered to place letters on each car parked there.

"But the council said that would not be necessary as there would be cones."

Cllr Boyt said she believes Wokingham Borough Council "does not know what's going on" in regards to its contractor.

PARK OFF

In October, the road opposite had yellow lines painted on it - one week before it was resurfaced and then re-painted.

When the Cllr asked the council what the reasoning was, they allegedly said they didn't know the line-painting was going on in October.

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A council spokesperson told The Sun: “We are sorry for this situation. This incident was caused by an unfortunate coincidence that our parking enforcement contractors happened to be in the area shortly after the double yellow lines had been painted.

"We have different contractors for painting the lines and for parking enforcement. 

“For those people who received a parking fine and have not already challenged it, please contact us and we will work with you to cancel it. We entirely accept they have been issued in error.  

“We are sorry this happened and want to apologise to everyone who has been affected. 

“Residents in Blackthorn Close had requested the double yellow lines and our contractors have been out previously to paint them but had been unable to because of parked cars.

"Cones were meant to  be put out in advance to prevent cars parking on the area to be painted. We have been informed by our contractor today that on this occasion, they did not put the cones out. 

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“We will be taking this up with our contractor and reviewing our internal processes to ensure this does not happen again. 

“We are very sorry that parking fines have been issued in this case.”

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