Yellow lines cause sticky problem

The yellow line tape started to come unstuck within hours

Drivers are suffering chaos in a Kent village because temporary yellow lines laid to keep the traffic flowing during roadworks have come unstuck.

Southern Gas Networks laid the yellow tape in Bow Road, Wateringbury to avoid using paint and removing it later.

The tape started to come up within hours - which the company said was because of vandalism and because the glue was not sticky enough.

It is now liaising with Kent County Council to find another method.

Traffic diverted

One resident said the tape stuck to his car tyre and wrapped itself round his axle as he started to drive away.

Chair of Wateringbury Parish Council, Sarah Hudson, said she was not amused.

"People are deliberately flouting the regulations and parking along this stretch of road because it doesn't have any lines."

Traffic is being diverted along Bow Road for eight weeks, while the roadworks in Tunbridge Road are carried out.

Southern Gas Networks said: "After discussions with Kent County Council we decided to lay temporary yellow lines in order to restrict parking along Bow Road and to allow traffic to move more freely," it said.

"This temporary method has been used successfully in the past.

"However, on this occasion it seems that due to the lack of substantial adhesive and issues with vandalism, this has caused major inconvenience to motorists."