Drivers don't know if they're coming or going as council installs two different speed limits on either side of the same road
- Bungling council puts 30mph and 20mph road signs on the same street
- Tiny Ely Grove should have a 20mph limit, Bristol City Council insists
- Local authority do not know when the signs were erected on the cul-de-sac
- City's mayor spent £2.3million rolling out 13,000 20mph speed limit signs
A bungling council has been ridiculed after installing two different speed limits on one road, baffling drivers.
Motorists in Bristol were left confused when they spotted 30mph and 20mph signs on either side of the Ely Grove cul-de-sac.
The local authority does not why or when both signs were erected but they were not next to the junction of the street a year ago.
A bungling council has been ridiculed after installing two different speed limits on one road, baffling drivers
Motorists in Bristol were confused when they spotted 30mph and 20mph signs on either side of the Ely Grove cul-de-sac
The road, in the Sea Mills area in the west of the city, has just 14 houses.
Resident Javier Freire-Banos, 48, joked: 'If I drive down the left hand side of the road, does it mean that I can drive up to 30mph, but if I drive on the right hand side of the road, I can only drive up to 20mph?'
Bristol City Council said Ely Grove used to be a 30mph road but now has a 20mph limit. The main road it connects to, Sylvan Way, has a 30mph limit.
Bristol's mayor George Ferguson spent £2.3million of taxpayers' money rolling out 13,000 20mph speed limit signs across the city last year.
Despite his campaign, he was caught speeding at 35mph in a 30mph zone in January.
Mr Ferguson, who normally drives an electric-powered Smart car or uses a bicycle to get about the city, was at the wheel of an official fleet car hired by Bristol City Council.
Confusion: Bristol City Council said Ely Grove used to be a 30mph road but now has a 20mph limit
Bristol mayor George Ferguson (in red trousers), who was instrumental in the introduction of a 20mph zones in the city, was caught speeding
He has apologised for the 'inexcusable mistake,' which took place in Bristol, and said he would be paying the £100 fine immediately.
Bristol City Council voted to introduce 20mph speed limits following a pilot scheme in July 2012.
Mr Ferguson was a keen advocate of the scheme and imposed a city-wide roll out after taking office.
Every street in the city - excluding dual carriageways and 40mph and 50mph roads - are being considered for the tough speed limit, although some other roads may be included on a local basis.
Motoring groups and councillors have criticised the plans as an 'utterly stupid waste of money' as no authority will be routinely enforcing the new limit.
Hugh Bladon of the Alliance of British Drivers, said: 'As far as I'm aware this scheme is a huge waste of money.
'20mph zones are completely moronic because it is universally agreed that they are unenforceable and it's bringing other speed limits into question.'
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