Amateur road painters made a spelling blunder in Holborough Road, Snodland
00:00, 18 March 2014
updated: 09:38, 18 March 2014
Neighbours in Snodland were left bemused after a misspelled road sign appeared overnight.
A makeshift disabled bay was discovered yesterday morning in Holborough Road, near to where gas works are taking place.
The creator may have meant well by providing a temporary space for blue badge holders while the mains are replaced, but they made a huge spelling error.
Disabled was incorrectly written as 'dicabied'.
Town councillor Debbie Alford-Smith said someone has tried to rectify the mistake by changing the c to an s but the inaccurate i remains.
A spokesman for Tonbridge and Malling council confirmed the error had been made by a contractor working with Southern Gas Networks and the company has been instructed to correct the mistake.
Chloe Boyce, spokesperson for the service provider, said: "This mistake was made on Saturday by a sub-contractor working for our contractor on essential gas mains replacement work.
“It was spotted straight away by a team manager who arranged for it to be corrected on Monday.
“The incorrect spelling shouldn’t have happened. We’re very sorry it has and we’re investigating how such a mistake ever occurred.”
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