A SPRAY-can vigilante has apparently struck in Rodbourne for a second time.

This time a car in Jennings Street has been sprayed with a highly offensive word.

It is not known when the attack on the dark blue car took place, but some residents said that the dumped car had been abandoned on the road for several weeks.

On Saturday double-yellow lines were sprayed onto Jennings Street around one car. The same obscene word was sprayed on the road beside it.

Over the weekend, residents linked the graffiti with weeks of parking frustration in the Rodbourne street.

They said that workmen had recently dug up the gutter – but failed to paint fresh double-yellow lines over the patch repairs. The oversight had led to confusion over where it was possible to park.

Kenneth Brown, 38, said: “Where they’ve dug up the road you get people parking. It creates chaos along the road. People can’t get past.”

A spokesman for Swindon Borough Council said that they were waiting for weather to improve before repainting the double-yellow lines.

He said: “The yellow lines were due to be repainted following improvements to the road surface, but a combination of wet weather and extra pressure on our resources has meant the work has not been completed as quickly as we would have hoped. The lines will be repainted as soon as conditions are suitable.”

Councillor Jim Robbins, Labour’s transport spokesman, called on the council’s leaders to address traffic problems in the busy Rodbourne area.

Coun Robbins, ward councillor for Mannington and Western, said: “We don’t condone vigilantes going around and spraying offensive messages on cars, but we understand how frustrating car parking issues in Rodbourne are at the moment.

“We’re hugely frustrated that the cabinet member for highways is dragging her feet over this issue. We feel she really needs to start having constructive conversations with residents about the traffic issues they face each weekend and the parking issues they face every day.”

Coun Mary Martin, cabinet member for communities and place, said: “We’ve taken this issue very seriously. We’ve prioritised refreshing the lines based on this incident and residents’ requests to help prevent people parking where they shouldn’t and we’ll be consulting with residents to see if we can shorten the lines to provide a few more parking spaces.”