The glaring blunder prompted amusement online. (Image: Threads / cllrjoeharris)
A bizarre spelling mistake on a road sign near a has been roundly mocked online, and left a local councillor baffled.
The message was recently repainted after the paintwork faded, but locals quickly spotted something had gone awry.
Instead of the common “Keep Clear” message that features on streets across the country, the road marking, on a re-patched section of Watermoor Road in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, read: “Ceep Klear”.
Photos of the blunder brought disbelief and amusement on .
One user responding to the image said: “And this class, is why you should pay attention”, to which another quipped, “Klass*”.
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The misspelt road sign spotted by locals in Cirencester (Image: Threads / cllrjoeharris)
A further user joked: “Fake. British roads have .”
The typo has since been addressed, with a spokesperson for Wales and West Utilities (WWU), the firm that carried out the work saying the message now features “the full and correct spelling”, as per .
Joe Harris, a councillor for Cirencester, was among those who noticed the eccentric spelling and shared a , writing simply: “You had one job!”
It had been speculated by some on social media that Gloucestershire County Council was to blame, as they manage the road network, but the council explained that WWU had been carrying out work there and repatched the warning to drivers afterwards.
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The firm said the “fix” was part of work to upgrade the gas network.
A spokesperson for WWU said: “Contractors working on our behalf have been to the site to reinstate the road surface but unfortunately, when replacing the road markings they have misspelt the wording on the tarmac.
“As soon as we were made aware, we contacted the contractors to request that they return to the site and rectify this as quickly as possible.
“The team have now replaced the markings with the full and correct spelling,” they added.