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Road markings
If a council re-surfaces a road, are they not obliged to replace all road markings afterwards? Ours used to have double yellow lines, but they forgot to put them back on and there's people parking all over causing hazards for other drivers.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Yes they are. If they're removed they're no longer legal and parking is permissable. At one time when double yellows were removed or obscured the courts upheld their existance. However, now, sense had prevailed and if they ain't there, they can't be enforced. However, again, the police CAN and SHOULD enforce the obstruction and parking in dangerous position laws. So if cars are a hazard simply report them.
This happens because it is quite often a different white lining crew that will lay yellow lines, so there maybe a delay of a couple of days. Similarly, this is why you often see lanes and junctions marked out, but it is a couple of days until a hand lay crew comes along and put on the arrows and 'SLOW' and hatchings etc.