Weird yellow lines in Brighton 'probably more detailed than needed'

Attention has been drawn to the lines in Ardingly Street, Brighton, after they were recently repainted.

Photographs which have been shared on social media in the last few days show the lines following the kerb near the bike hangar and then looping round in the gap next to the hangar, which is not a very big space.

Councillor Trevor Muten, Brighton and Hove City Council cabinet member for transport, parking and public realm, said the restrictions are not new.

“These are not new parking restrictions and this area already had these yellow lines in place,” he said.

“We recently completed some resurfacing work and refreshed the existing lines as they were.

The double yellow lines are next to a bike hangar (Image: Sussex News and Pictures)

“While we appreciate the contractor’s precision in not cutting corners and following what was there previously, we accept it's probably more detailed than is needed.”

It comes after wonky yellow lines painted by contractors in Brighton had to be fixed after the council threatened to not pay them.

A bird's eye view of the lines (Image: Sussex News and Pictures)

Engineers returned to side streets in Kemp Town, where Ardingly Street is, to respray the lines they painted last month after being told the work was not good enough.

The respraying was done as part of a resurfacing project in 47 roads across the city but residents quickly raised concerns over the quality of the works done.

Yellow lines stopped in Camelford Street where scaffolding was erected (Image: Andrew Gardner/The Argus)

The Argus understands officials at Brighton and Hove City Council held crisis talks in what they called a Risk Reduction Meeting to come to a resolution with the contractors.

It was decided payments relating to the lines would not be made until they were completed to the council's satisfaction.

Wonky lines in Wentworth Street (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus)

They have since returned and resprayed the lines, with officers reviewing the works and signing them off on Monday.

There was also uproar after Southern Water did a “botch” job repainting a crossing in Vernon Terrace, Brighton, following work to repair a leak.

Repair to a zebra crossing in Vernon Terrace was 'botched', residents said (Image: Sussex News and Pictures)

Councillor Jacob Taylor, deputy leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, blasted the repair describing it as "awful" and asked the company to redo the work.

A spokesman for Southern Water said: “We’re sorry our reinstatement work of the road including the zebra crossing at Vernon Terrace was not to the standard our customers and stakeholders rightly expect of us. 

“We will be investigating how this has happened and rectifying this issue as soon as we can.”