{"id":606115,"date":"2026-05-27T06:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606115\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T06:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:25:22","slug":"mystery-as-yellow-lines-painted-black-in-park-place-margate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606115\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery as yellow lines painted black in Park Place, Margate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Politics <\/a> <\/p>\n

A \u201cmystery\u201d artist has been painting over yellow lines in a street with little parking.<\/p>\n

The unidentified painter has been working in Park Place, Margate, where residents say finding a spot for their cars is difficult.<\/p>\n

\"AA mystery painter has covered up yellow lines in Park Place, Margate. Picture: Carole Laker<\/p>\n

Carole Laker, who lives in the area, says she pictures someone \u201cout in the dead of night with their tin of paint\u201d.<\/p>\n

Thanet District Council (TDC) went out to repaint the yellow lines after the first incident earlier this month.<\/p>\n

However, soon after, they were painted back to black by the disgruntled resident.<\/p>\n

The authority says anyone who sees that lines have been covered should report it to them.<\/p>\n

Ms Laker said: \u201cAll along our road are yellow lines so no one can park, except for in a couple of places.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe council came and restored the lines in Park Place, Margate. Picture: Carole Laker<\/p>\n

\u201cA couple of weeks ago, somebody painted over one of the yellow lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe council then came out and cleared it off and restored the yellow lines, and now the mystery painter has been at it again.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes me laugh to picture someone out in the dead of night with their tin of paint.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs this a personal vendetta? How long will the yellow line saga go on for?\u201d<\/p>\n

The portion which has been painted is a single yellow line, which means parking is restricted to certain hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cResidents who note any such activity should report it to TDC\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The council has said that any lines which have been erased will be restored by its team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can imagine someone thinking \u2018I want to park outside my own house and not be restricted by these blooming lines – what can I do?\u2019\u201d, Ms Laker said.<\/p>\n

The retiree says she and others in the street have found the whole incident \u201creally funny\u201d.<\/p>\n

The council did not say whether it would consider putting in CCTV to spot the unidentified painter.<\/p>\n

\"YellowYellow lines have been mysteriously painted in Park Place, Margate. Picture: Carole Laker<\/p>\n

However, a spokesman said: \u201cAppropriate parking restrictions are in place in towns and villages to support parking, both off-street and on-street, while removing risks such as congestion, access, and safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis includes the use of double-yellow lines. Parking where there are double-yellow lines is an offence, and penalty charge notices can be issued.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the event that double-yellow lines have been covered or erased without authorisation, they will be repainted.<\/p>\n

\u201cResidents who note any such activity should report it to TDC.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A \u201cmystery\u201d artist has been painting over yellow lines in a street with little parking. The unidentified painter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,191,229,649,2555,557,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-606115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-kent","tag-politics","tag-quirky","tag-thanet","tag-transport","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}