Workmen resurface road around car.....

Didn't you read your tar signs this morning? Workmen resurface around parked car after motorist ignores warning

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 1:22 PM on 24th February 2011

This is the moment a motorist was left in a sticky situation - after workmen resurfaced around their parked car.

Contractors were due to lay tarmac on the Market Street car park in Whitworth, Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

But they found one driver had not taken heed of signs telling people not to park there.

Sticky situation: Workmen laid tarmac around this Ford Focus after the car's owner failed to heed warning signs informing the public that resurfacing work was taking place

Undeterred, they carried on the with the job anyway - leaving the Ford Focus standing alone on an island in the middle of the newly laid surface.

Glynn Normoyle watched the surreal scene unfold from nearby Whitworth Post Office.

He said: 'When I realised they were resurfacing around the parked car, I couldn't believe it.   

'The workmen spent a long time on the phone when they first arrived - I suppose they were trying to find out who the car belonged to and what they should do next.'  

A sign warning drivers not to park went up at 8am on Monday February 14, with workmen arriving two days later.

Surreal: The car later disappeared, leaving a huge strip of concrete for all to see

Whitworth mayor, Councillor David Chorlton, who owns a plumbing business on Market Street, said: 'A few people told me about it when they came in the shop.

'They found it highly amusing and I thought they were winding me up, so I went to have a look.  
'It was like a scene from You've Been Framed.'  

A council spokesman said the remainder of the car park would be resurfaced as soon as possible.   

He added: 'Unfortunately, one car remained in place when the contractors arrived to carry out the resurfacing work.  

'The remaining part of the car park will be done as soon as we can arrange it with the contractor.'

 

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