 A woman has been 'blocked' from using her own driveway after the council installed two bollards outside her home. The barriers were put in place by Darlington Borough Council in May to stop people driving over the pavement by a school crossing opposite her house. The homeowner from Darlington, County Durham, who wished to remain anonymous, is now pleading with the council to get them removed. After nearly five years of witnessing traffic issues along the road, the woman has called for better infrastructure to be installed in a safer place. 'I didn't initially know you couldn't drive over it and we only had the driveway done at the end of March,' she said. 'A highways inspector drove past, stopped, and told my husband he was legally not allowed to park there. 'We did have grass and a footpath but the tree roots completely uplifted it, so we installed the paved driveway. 'We were totally naïve and just assumed as it was a dropped kerb we would be able to use it.' The barriers were put in place to stop people driving over the pavement by the school crossing (Picture: North News & Pictures) A letter from the council followed which said bollards would be installed if the path was damaged. The woman added: 'This was just a warning sign, we haven't used it since, yet they still came and installed the bollards.' In response, the council said it wasn't alerted that the driveway would be paved and would have warned the residents it could not be accessed due to the nearby crossing. The couple's car has not been used since March and is parked on a neighbouring street. The woman said: 'I feel like we've been made an example of and discriminated against. The woman is now pleading with the council to get them removed (Picture: North News & Pictures) 'I don't think they needed to go to this extreme, I'm so embarrassed. 'It just looks awful and whenever I look out the window I'm faced wi){kind=link}
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A woman has been ‘blocked’ from using her own driveway after the council installed two bollards outside her home.
The barriers were put in place by Darlington Borough Council in May to stop people driving over the pavement by a school crossing opposite her house.
The homeowner from Darlington, County Durham, who wished to remain anonymous, is now pleading with the council to get them removed.
After nearly five years of witnessing traffic issues along the road, the woman has called for better infrastructure to be installed in a safer place.