Britain's 'weirdest road' painted with wiggly white lines leaving locals baffled

10 January 2023 , 15:22

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Wiggly lines have been painted in Clevedon (Image: Tom Wren SWNS)

Bemused locals say their seaside town has Britain's most bonkers road markings after a set of wiggly lines were painted.

The white lines have been installed in Clevedon, Somerset with locals claiming the wobbly white markings look like the 'driving lane for drink drivers'.

North Somerset Council says the unusual lines are part of the design and aimed at making the road feel narrower and slow down traffic.

Residents say the new layout is 'bonkers'.

One person commented: "The road layout is a hot mess, the cycle lane is next to the pavement, then there is parking, then out other side of the road is normal one way traffic."

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Another local added: "I kid you not, the squiggly lines are opposite driveways to allow vehicles to swerve to get round and into their drives without crossing the white line."

The lines have confused locals (Tom Wren SWNS)

One posted: "Balamory from hell for a motorcycle."

The markings were added as part of plans to introduce a new beach-front cycle path along the seaside road.

The new cycleway will form part of the 'Pier to Pier' link between Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon, with the road next to it also being made one way.

Despite work being now mostly finished, residents initially believed the wiggly road markings were an accident.

North Somerset Council said the wiggly lines will help reduce unwanted parking.

The lines are supposed to slow traffic (Tom Wren SWNS)

A council spokesman said: "The lines are a design feature to reduce the potential abuse of parking at these locations and help make the road feel narrower, which is a technique used to slow traffic speeds.

"In this case, the area is adjacent to the sailing club entrance so needs to be kept clear.

"A wavy line provides uncertainty to the driver and is proven to help reduce unwanted parking."

The squiggly lines are due to be finished with a surface treatment in the Spring.

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Locals want them removed (Tom Wren SWNS)

North Somerset MP Liam Fox described the scheme as a 'shambles' and urged council chiefs to kill off the project and apologise to the people of Clevedon.

The Save our Seafront group has also handed a detailed report listing safety concerns about the layout to the Department of Transport, asking it to intervene.

A petition against the seafront changes has collected more than 6,000 signatures.

Kelly-Ann Mills