WELSH locals have been left confused after a brand-new electric vehicle (EV) charger was installed and promptly blocked off again by a bollard.
The new EV charging space was installed recently at Mount Ash Railway Station in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
However, any hopes of boosting the use of electric cars in the area may have been dashed now after the installation of a bollard in the space came shortly after.
The charger is now inaccessible via the original space, with Brits left scratching their heads and attempting to explain the decision.
An image shows the dark grey EV charger installed at the head of its designated parking space in the train station car park.
However, a red road barrier has been placed across the front of the charger, offering an initial barricade in the way of any would-be users.
A further, more permanent obstacle has also been introduced though, with a solid stone bollard jutting up from the ground at the rear of the space.
A square of freshly laid tarmac lies at the foot of the bollard, which sits in the middle of the space, providing an immovable barrier for any motorists.
Some have now suggested the barrier and bollard were put up to protect the new EV charger from being damaged or rammed by cars.
Suggestions have arisen that to use it, electric vehicles should park in the spaces either side, but others argued that the move to block the space the EV charger was installed in made no sense.
Images of the bizarre new instalment was shared to social media on Monday with the caption: “A brand new EV charger has been installed at Mountain Ash Railway Station in Wales.
“Unfortunately, a new concrete bollard has since been added.”
The post has since received over 1,300 likes and more than 60 comments from users who chipped in with their own opinions on the decision.
One user said: “There is a minimum length for a parking space. With the fence behind there isn’t room to put the charger there so they’ve removed the space using the bollard.
“The two spaces either side will be marked up as EV only. They’ve done it the same way in much of Merseyside.
“They tend to stick the pricing sign and ticket machine in the same space, so it looks a bit more intentional.”
Another added: “Just thinking it might be to stop people ramming the charger and it is expecting you to charge next to the charger itself.”
A third joked: “I honestly thought that was a clever painting of a bollard rather than an actual one. I have no idea what such a painting would be trying to achieve, but that is what I saw.”
Another wrote: “That is actually a very nice bollard.”
