A mystery graffiti artist who has highlighted a York street’s pothole problem has set everyone talking.
Overnight, bright yellow paint has appeared around the holes complete with some cutting remarks.
One says: “Road tax?” Another “Fund roads not war”, a third says simple “Fill me” and a fourth just: “Joke”.
They are on Middlecroft Drive in Strensall, and have the whole village talking. After being posted on a Facebook group, they were almost universally applauded, with comments including:
- “That’s brilliant – you miss one to hit another down there, it’s ridiculous!”
- “It looks as though there will be a sink hole soon. They are terrible to drive round”
- “They’ll send someone to clean the paint away and leave the potholes!”
- “I hope this takes off all over York. City roads are shocking”
- “They say there might be a hosepipe ban this summer as reservoirs aren’t at the level required so perhaps they can use these holes as an extra source of collecting water…”
And of course, people are wondering: Who did it?
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The markings are right in front of Ralph Westmorland’s house on Middlecroft Drive.
He said vehicles involved in work to improve the drainage by the nearby railway line had exacerbated the road damage.
“In the last 12 months, the councillors and railway people have sent large lorries here using this section of the road to turn round on.
“Subsequently, potholes have appeared, I’ve reported them.”
He said City of York Council sent a man out to examine the problem. And then “only one pothole in 14 in this section has been filled in, and it’s annoying”.
Then came the graffiti. It wasn’t there on Thursday night, but had appeared early on Friday morning when Mr Westmoreland looked out of his window.
He said: “I don’t object to people complaining. I don’t mind graffiti to a degree. But I object to it being political.”
Mr Westmoreland said lots of people had been passing by, laughing at the daubings and taking photos.
Now people were trying to work out who the mystery graffiti artist was.
“It’s not normal yellow paint,” he said. “It’s council paint that doesn’t remove very easy, you know.
“So somebody obviously works for an industry of some description that’s got the paint.”
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