white lines help please

Throbbe

bert_gert wrote: »

many thanks so far to you all, the entrapment link was to see if anyone knew of this or what it meant, the lines were painted in error(admitted) but once the highways guy heard it might damage the new surface to reinstate the originals the attitude changed and got on about how he could be sued if the original lines were put back due to someone hitting the kerb were it tied in.
I cant get a pic of new layout as there a other peoples cars parked there but throbbe's diagram just about nails it.
I think I'll just see what happens as the road has only re-opened yesterday. Oh they even painted 20-25 ft of yellows in bays lol
many thanks guys, first time and loving the site evry helpful

The damaging the surface thing is correct, although it is the removal of the old markings that causes the damage. They are either burnt off, or mechanically removed, by grinding, grit blasting or similar. That said, if there were genuinely a safety hazard, it would override concerns about reduced life of the surface course.

I'm not going to leap to any conclusions based on one side of the story and no photos, but I'm very dubious about the 'being sued' comment. I work in the same field, and we do tend to be overly paranoid about liability, so it's possible the highways chap genuinely believed what he said.

I'm guessing from context that this was a maintenance resurfacing rather than a deliberate remodelling of the junction. If improved visibility was the intention I would probably have moved the Give Way line out further to tie in to the edge of the parking bay, then used hatching to fill in the area between the parking and the junction bellmouth.

The question to ask yourself is does this bother you enough to spend your money on fixing it, because (unless the contractor is entirely at fault) it will come out of the budget which you are funding with your council tax.