Are these double yellow lines in Gloucestershire the shortest in the world?

A stretch of double yellow lines, apparently marooned on a Gloucestershire road could be the shortest - and most pointless - in the world.

They are in Moorend Park Road in Leckhampton and local councillor Martin Horwood says they are "barmy".

They have been painted onto a small patch of the road surface that seems to have been relaid by a utility company. Yellow lines either side of that patch can hardly be seen and whoever painted the new ones failed to align them with the old ones properly.

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Cllr Horwood says, “I guess it shows willing that the lines were repainted but they could have restored nearby lines at the same time. It is a nightmare trying to join up utility company and council repairs and markings but this really suggests the county still has work to do.”

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David Pritchett, Gloucester County Council's highways manager, says: "Clearly these lines are in need of attention and will be re-painted as soon as possible."