A council has been slammed for the ‘barmy’ choice to put in 60 bollards exterior a Birmingham main faculty.
Locals have been left actually scratching their heads after recognizing the spectacle on the A38 Bristol Highway between Longbridge and Northfield.
Some declare the ‘pointless eyesore’ may truly show harmful for cyclists and pedestrians making an attempt to navigate the road.
Mum-of-one Jessica Grant, 38, who lives close by, mentioned: ‘We’re all for visitors security round a main faculty however this simply appears like a bizarre slalom of posts extra suited to the Winter Olympics.
‘A easy fence or some boundaries alongside the aspect of the street would have performed the job however that is absolutely costlier.
‘It’s an absolute eyesore too and if something may show extra harmful for cyclists or pedestrians making an attempt to navigate it.
‘Supply drivers have additionally been unable to park up and I hear mother and father have had difficulties too.
‘I’ve by no means seen something prefer it anyplace else to be sincere.’
The bollards first appeared exterior Meadows Main Faculty, which caters for round 700 youngsters, round 18 months in the past.
However after a video of the sprawling 164ft stretch was shared on social media this week, the cluster of columns gained nationwide notoriety.
Locals started to model the protection mission an entire waste of taxpayers’ money.
One other native, who didn't want to be named, added: ‘Severe questions need to be requested of the council. It’s barmy. Who on earth thought this was a good suggestion?
‘Now we have had issues with parking close to the varsity however that is an pointless eyesore and full overkill by the council.
‘The primary row nearest the street I type of perceive however the remainder of them are simply bizarre.’
Earlier, the World Bollard Affiliation tweeted a picture of some bollards exterior a store in Asia with the caption: ‘There’s no such factor as too many bollards.’
One net person replied with footage of the Birmingham stretch and wrote: ‘The A38 between Longbridge & Northfield (Birmingham) would appear to agree.’
Birmingham Metropolis Council mentioned the variety of bollards mirrored the ‘scale of the issue’ on the street.
A spokesperson mentioned: ‘We obtain common complaints from residents about thoughtless and harmful parking exterior the varsity.
‘We're working with the varsity to assist problem this behaviour and encourage strolling and biking the place applicable, however sadly the variety of bollards which were put in demonstrates the size of the issue.
‘We'll proceed to encourage mother and father to contemplate different types of transport and to contemplate others when dropping off youngsters in school.’
Final yr, there was comparable bafflement after a bollard set-up in Leicestershire – that had been in place since 2020 – went viral.
Baby-shaped bollards stand to consideration throughout the village of Stoney Stanton and watch stonily as automobiles go an area faculty.
Andrew Copson, posting the clip on Twitter final summer season, had written: ‘As a result of nobody ever believes me after I inform them that certainly one of our neighbouring villages has made their bollards appear like Midwich cuckoo type youngsters, I've recorded the ghastly proof on video.’
‘It's worse at evening’, he added.
The bollards divided web customers who appear torn on whether or not they're a helpful reminder to decelerate, or a distraction that would result in crashes.
One individual responded on Twitter: ‘Village of the Damned after the council employed Medusa as a faculty crossing attendant.’
One other person joked: ‘Cue all of the bus drivers pulling up for the one by the bus cease pondering it’s an precise individual.’
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