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Parisian mayors confused over 'one way street' concept

Two feuding mayors of neighbouring Paris suburbs have both declared the same street one way – but each in the opposite direction.

Patrick Balkany, the conservative mayor of Levallois-Perret, made the D909 one-way to cut the commuter traffic flowing through his district.

But Gilles Catoire, the Socialist mayor of neighbouring Clichy-la-Garenne, complained this increased congestion in his area.

So he declared his section of the road one-way, but in the opposite direction, reports the Daily Telegraph.

With contradictory road-signs in place, police had to be called in to sort out the resulting commuter chaos, road rage and gridlock.

Currently Mr Balkany’s scheme has been judged the most appropriate, but Mr Levallois has promised to appeal.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .