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Your guide to paint colours on the roads and pavements

by Lib Dem team on 17 October, 2009

Ever seen official-looking spray paint on the pavement or road and wondered what it’s doing there?  I have, and it turns out it’s often not what I thought.

So here’s your handy guide – true for Cheadle & Gatley at least.

  • Orange paint is from the Council, normally marking up something to be repaired like a paving stone or pothole.
  • Blue paint is the water people
  • Yellow paint is the gas people
  • Pink paint is telecoms – normally Virgin Media (NTL in the olden days)
   5 Comments

5 Responses

  1. Trevor Gaunt says:
    October 24, 2009 at 12:25 pm

    So what’s the white paint?

    Reply
  2. Kathryn Heys says:
    October 24, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    Thank you for this information I found it interesting something that I always wondered about
    kathryn

    Reply
  3. Rebecca says:
    October 6, 2023 at 2:44 am

    Any idea what the orange dots sprayed at the base of trees mean?
    Is there a special meaning for a turquoise cross?

    Reply
  4. Glynn Carter says:
    September 11, 2024 at 9:49 am

    I though orange was for telecoms. If not what colour is telecoms please

    Reply

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