Hampshire workmen paint white lines around dead badger
15 July 2010 - BBC News
Workmen painting white lines on a road left a gap for a dead badger because
Council contractor Amey said the staff from sub-contractor Bellstan were not
"licensed or trained" to remove road kill. The animal had been killed about a week before on the A338 near Downton, on
the Hampshire-Wiltshire border.
Hampshire County Council is responsible for the line painting but
New Forest
District Council is responsible for clearing road kill. The two failed to arrange the clearance before line painting began.
Businessman Kevin Maul was on his way home from work when he noticed the
break in the lines. He said: "I couldn't quite believe my eyes when I saw this
poor old badger who had been there over a week. I'd seen him every day as I went
by and wondered if he was going to be picked up. Then on Friday I drove home to
see his body between the lines - they had painted the road, but left a gap where
he lay."
Mel Kendal, county council environment chief, said: "We would usually liaise
with our colleagues at the district council who dispose of animal carcasses on
the highways to ensure the badger was removed before the white line painting
crew did this stretch of road. This appears not to have happened in this case
and the white line painting crew did what they thought was best until
arrangements could be made to dispose of the carcass. These arrangements have
now been made and the gap in the white lines will be filled in, at no extra cost
to the council tax payer."
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