Overview
- Yellow zigzags and “School Keep Clear” markings were freshly painted on Southdown Road outside the former Halfway Houses Primary School in Sheerness.
- Cabinet member Peter Osborne called the repainting an error, issued an apology, and said such mistakes are exceedingly rare.
- The work cost £350 from Kent County Council’s annual signs-and-lines budget of about £1 million used for routine replacements.
- Independent councillor Mike Whiting criticised the spend as wasteful and urged better coordination between council departments.
- The school closed in 2016, its pupils moved to Danley Road, and the site was sold to Homes England in March with the land reported to be intended for housing.