A BARBER shop owner is devastated after double yellow were painted outside her shop – she said it will cost her customers.
Louise Winman opened Lou's It over 20 years ago and said it's "heartbreaking" to see her regulars, who are pensioners, now struggle to attend their appointment.
Her customers used to be able to park outside and walk a few feet to get their hair cut but Louise is now worried they'll go elsewhere because of access.
The 51-year-old said the lines, which were painted on the road last week, stretch across her entire shop in Southampton and to a nearby house.
Louise said: “It’s heartbreaking to see an elderly person get out of their vehicle and not be able to get to you so I’m walking to help them out across the road to make it easier for them.
“Personally, it has devastated me so much that people with a disability are unable to walk a lot of distance to go to the shop – they’re worried, they’re going to hurt themselves and not going to be able to get to me, so they don’t want to leave their homes.
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“Last week, they turned up and said they were going to paint them up to the driveway [of a nearby house] which is almost 16 yards and the whole length of the front of my shop.”
One of Louise's regulars, Geoffrey Wilkinson, 80, has been getting his haircut there since it opened.
He said: “I have been going to this barber for 20 years and I never had any troubles parking there.
“I was fortunate that I got a space close to the shop otherwise I wouldn’t be able to walk. I don’t understand why they would do this.”
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Southampton City Council said it ran a consultation last December but no objections were received, reports the Daily Echo.
A spokesperson for the council said: “There is no minimum or maximum extent for ‘no waiting at any time’ restrictions.
“The Highway Code recommends 10m either side and opposite a junction, with the road geometry and other factors determining the actual length of the restriction.”
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