Bizarre road markings in Anstruther have been baffling local residents.
Fife Council made a bungled attempt to draw double yellow lines to prevent people parking at St Ayles Crescent.
“It’s the craziest set of double yellow lines I’ve ever seen,” said Anstruther Community Council secretary Martin Dibley.
“It’s been quite a subject of conversation.”
The markings are beside a collapsed wall, which crumbled eight years ago causing St Ayles Crescent to be closed at one end.
There have been lengthy wrangles over who is responsible for mending the structure and it remains fenced off.
Mr Dibley said: “It’s a completely ridiculous situation, and it’s an ongoing situation which could take years to fix.
“At the moment the road has been closed now for eight years.
“And what they’ve got there now is crazy.
“There is no end in sight as to how this is going to be resolved.
“The council elections are in May and we’ll have a whole new bunch of councillors, so we’ll be going round in circles.”
Local resident Margaret Hellicar said: “I’m not sure who, or what, they think will be trying to park between the pavement and the barrier between the streets.
“The lines have certainly caused some bemused looks and some other less kind comments.”
The retaining wall shielded drivers travelling on St Ayles Crescent from a drop of around 30ft.
In February 2009 a large section of the wall and road collapsed causing a dangerous gap to open, exposing the steep embankment which leads down to East Green.
Stuart Goodfellow from Fife Council’s traffic management department said: “The yellow lines in this area are necessary due to indiscriminate and inconsiderate parking which is taking place, obstructing a turning area on each side of a temporary road closure.
“The road is closed due to a private retaining wall which has collapsed and the yellow lines will be remarked in their originally intended location once the repairs to the wall have been completed.”
