Transport for London’s (TfL) road-painting team were forced to hastily correct an awkward road-painting error outside of Camden Town station ... they had mistakenly pointed drivers in the direction of “Hempstead” rather than Hampstead.
Typical from TfL, a body with the London Mayor as Chairperson that most people allege are not fit for purpose.
Jokes on social media ensued, with some mischievously pointing out that hemp is a strain of the cannabis plant.
The road outside of the Tube station had been repainted as part of TfL’s Britannia Junction redevelopment.
David Sockett, who heads up project and programme delivery at TfL, said: “We’d like to apologise for the unfortunate spelling error on Camden High Street, where work had been carried out to make Britannia Junction safer. The error has now been rectified.”
TfL also reiterated that everyone except critical workers should not be travelling, and it had therefore stopped construction on its construction sites unless there was an “operational safety” reason to continue.
Taxi drivers have pointed out that it appears the Taxi rank floor signage has not been replace and they were worried that this busy working rank was to disappear.
Not to worry though, the rank board is still in place which means that Taxis can still rank at this location following instructions on the notice.
Jim Thomas, editor of Taxi Leaks said: As long as there is no suspension order signage attached to the post, Taxi ranks do not necessitate road markings as we’ve frequently been advised at venues such as Hakassan.
Drivers have been asking for road marking since the rank was first implemented, but were informed by both TfL and Westminster City Council: “You don’t need the rank to be naked out, as long as the notice is clearly displayed at the rank”
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