by Joe Jeffrey
Phallic imagery appears on pothole-laden roads in Surrey as protest begins
Earlier this year, CaravanTimes reported on a one-man crusade by an artist known only as Wanksy, in an attempt to highlight the issue of a spate of annoying potholes in the Manchester area by spray-painting phallic images of penises around them. And now, it looks like a copycat operation is underway in Surrey.
A road in Fetcham, named Cock Lane, has undergone a makeover by way of penises being spray-painted over a plethora of potholes – almost certainly in a bid to highlight the issue with the local council and get the road repaired.
Local resident, Polly Birkbeck, told local newspaper GetSurrey: “I drive down there every day on the school run and today I said to my daughter ‘hang on a minute, someone’s drawn willies on the road’.
“There are about 15 of them, I stopped the car and counted.
“I guess the council will just scrub them off but I’m surprised they haven’t fixed this bit of road, it’s been like that for years.
“It’s possibly a way to highlight the issue and galvanise someone into action.”
It may be, however, that the unknown artist’s work has been a waste of time, as work to repair the potholes is already underway.
A local council representative said: “The artist of these drawings will be cock-a-hoop to know that the road is due to be resurfaced as part of £100 million Operation Horizon scheme which is overhauling hundreds of miles of roads in Surrey most in need of repair.”
