Stirling Drive resident Line Low next to the 'pedestrian crossing' that popped up at Arnott Heights, Greymouth, yesterday. It has since been washed off by contractors. Photo / Greymouth Star
Arnott Heights residents hope to convince authorities to install a pedestrian crossing in the hillside Greymouth suburb, but in the meantime one resident has painted their own.
The renegade safety crossing did not impress the Grey District Council, however, and this morning it was hosed off by contractors.
Line Low,
who lives nearby in Stirling Drive, was pleased to see that someone had taken the initiative to hand-paint a crossing on the roadway.
With a children's park just across the road, Miss Low said they needed a safe way for children to cross the road.
Arnott Heights area was also notorious for "boy racers" in the past.