A PRETTY Cornish village has been smacked with hundreds of ugly yellow cones in a bid by the council to stop problem parkers.
The popular holiday destination is visited by thousands of Brits every year but locals have become fed up with motors flooding the village's parking spots.
Locals in the village of Polzeath have been told by their council that the cones have had to be put down because of problem parkers causing delays and backlogs.
The bright yellow markers have been used to stop tourists and locals alike parking on its main road - as rain has delayed double yellow lines being painted.
The glaring cones will remain spread across the village throughout the Easter holidays and while the wet weather dries up before they can paint permanent markings.
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Senior beach ranger Andy Stewart, 54, who lives near Polzeath, said: "There used to be a single yellow line but that was removed so double yellows could be painted.
"The weather prevented that from happening for quite some time then Easter hit and people were just taking advantage of free parking in a place that affects the flow of traffic.
"At times it can be unsafe so me and the parish council contacted the highways agency - they came out and deployed millions of cones.
"No one is at fault, the council aren't at fault, the Highways Agency aren't at fault, it's just one of those things - it's just nature doing its thing to make it complicated."
After the Polzeath Beach Ranger Service posted pictures of the cones on Facebook, it attracted comments from tourists and locals alike.
One commenter penned: "It's a huge shame it's come to this. If only people would use the brains they were born with when parking."
While a second said: "It's been horrendous the past week. No room for buses and emergency services to get through."
But visitors hit back - with one commenting: "I'm really not feeling very welcome to visit Polzeath anymore... we are not all idiots or inconsiderate."
Andy went on to explain the cones were a temporary solution while the council waited for the weather to dry up enough to paint double yellows down the street.
He also elaborated that the issue was not tourists vs. locals - claiming he'd spotted locals taking advantage of the free parking as well as visitors.
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Andy said: "No one in particular is being targeted, to a certain extent I don't blame people for parking there.
"It's not targeting a specific demographic, it's just solving a problem, and that's it.
"The priority of the beach rangers service and the two parish councils is safety, and maintaining the flow of traffic, and that's all this was about.
"With any kind of tourism comes a very small number of problems and this was one of them.
"Issues with residents vs. tourists is a Facebook thing - everyone assumes it's tourists causing problems but when I came into work I saw locals parking there because it's free for the day."
The National Highways Agency has been approached for comment.
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