Kendall Street has been experiencing short bursts of traffic congestion after the council told business owners they were no longer allowed to park their cars on the wide nature strip at the front of their businesses.

The director of Jones Doyle Plumbing, Rick Doyle, took to putting a sign on the back of his ute to explain why he was parked on the side of the road.

He said a parking inspector had been through on Monday to enforce the rule for the first time since his business opened.

“Basically the boys parked their cars on the nature strip in front of our shed and the council have come in and told us we couldn’t park there any more or we would be fined — but we were allowed to park on the road as long as there was three metres from the car to the opposite curb,” Mr Doyle said.

“I put up the sign to let people know why our cars are there.

“The nature strip is 20 metres wide and we have always parked on it.”

Business owners along the street are all concerned about the safety issues caused by parking on the road.

Wodonga Switchboards Manufacturing owner Peter Russell said it was the first issue he had had in his 27 years in the area.

“We had two cars parked on the grass and he gave us a warning because they were outside our fence line,” Mr Russell said.

“Everyone has been tooting and yelling since, it’s a busy road, the tip is around the corner and us parking out there makes it more dangerous.

“It is legal to park on the road, but it is stupid.”

The furore has prompted a council backflip, again allowing parking on the nature strip.

The council’s director of business services, Trevor Ierino, said the council would be talking to businesses to come up with a long-term solution.