Mysterious crosswalk appears at dangerous intersection

The City of Atlanta says someone painted crosswalks in a busy intersection, but they actually made it even more dangerous.

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, Tamara Jones said.

One of the crosswalks leads to a storm drain, and neither matches the professionally painted crosswalk on an adjacent street.

”I have to applaud their effort, Jones said.

Several neighbors said that the crosswalks appeared oveight. The owner of a nearby dry cleaning shop said 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, Thomas Yim said.

The city sent released a statement that said, "The Office of Transportation did conduct a site survey at Elizabeth St. where it intersects with Lake and Austin Streets.  Of the three crosswalks at this location only one is installed by the City. The crosswalk on the other side of Elizabeth St, which is newly paved, was not installed by the City. That crosswalk will be removed and a correct City crosswalk will be installed again by DPW within a week - weather permitting.

Read the full statement here.