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Sandwich residents mock gas company SGN over half-finished paint job on 20mph road marking in New Street (www.kentonline.co.uk)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A half-finished paint job on a Kent road has been described as a perfect example of “not my job, mate” culture.

Gas company SGN has been carrying out works in Dover Road and New Street in Sandwich throughout the summer.

The network upgrades are now finally complete - but that is more than can be said for the repainting of a 20mph marking near the Malcolm Waite petrol station.

SGN workers have only put a fresh coat of white on the sections of the road they had to dig up, leaving glaring gaps.

A spokesman for the gas company says it is “responsible for reinstating the areas we’ve disturbed”.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

They keep mentioning a 20mph marking but the road in the pic is very clearly a 21mph road

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

This is perfection.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If the council maintained the road markings like they are supposed to then companies meeting their obligations to repaint markings would never make the news. It only gets picked up on when the original marking is basically non existent anyway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Even if it was drawn complete, I have no idea how this is shape supposed to be an oval. It literally has straight edges.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Sandwich road work for network upgrades mocked over incomplete paint job. Got it.