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It's a patch of scruffy grass barely big enough to sit down on – but that hasn’t stopped one town hall making a great deal of fuss about it.
The verge measures only 3ft by 2ft but has its own ‘Keep Off The Grass’ sign. The warning has appeared as officials plan £70million of cuts.
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The Evening Standard;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14242250
A council has admitted that a Keep off the Grass sign located on a tiny verge in south-west London "doesn't make any sense" and is "out of date". The notice is in front of a house on Elm Row, Raynes Park, on a patch of grass which is less than a square ...
The Metro;http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/ ... f-grass.do
This "Keep Off The Grass" warning sign is protecting possibly the tiniest strip of turf in London.
It was installed by council workmen to stop drivers ruining a patch no bigger than two feet by three feet.
Today Merton council defended its decision to keep the sign, saying it was there to deter rogue parking.
Edited to remove statements giving Lo what she wishes for.http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/870060-is- ... idest-sign
A spokesman said: ‘The sign was to remind motorists it is illegal to park on the footway and is designed to deter indiscriminate parking.’
Council leader Stephen Alambritis admitted: ‘A sign on a piece of grass so small doesn’t make sense.’
Elsewhere, bosses at a construction site want motorists to stick to a nine-and-a-half mph speed limit.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/870060-is- ... z1SngneVJ2
Crime? NoScooter wrote:It looks like its the last patch of green space on that entire street. Is it a crime to want to try to preserve it?
