ATLANTA — The city of Atlanta says someone painted crosswalks in a busy intersection, but they actually made it even more dangerous.
Channel 2’s Craig Lucie went to Elizabeth Street and Lake and Austin Avenues Tuesday to see the amateur crosswalks. The city says whoever did this, did them wrong and they are in the wrong spot.
"I think somebody, out of months of frustration and not getting any crosswalks from the city, they took it upon themselves to paint the crosswalks," said Tamara Jones.
One of the crosswalks leads to a storm drain, and they certainly don't match the professionally painted crosswalk on Elizabeth Street.
"I have to applaud their effort. One of the crosswalks may make the situation worse," said Jones.
Several neighbors told Lucie that the crosswalks appeared overnight. Lucie interviewed the owner of a nearby dry cleaning shop, and he told Lucie a city official came to see him this week.
"He ask me about who did this and I said I don't know and he said he ask me did I do that and I said if I do that, I would've done better than that," said Thomas Yim.
The city sent Lucie this statement: