DRIVERS were issued with fines of more than £1000 for parking on zig zag lines outside a primary school - despite the building being abandoned.

Children haven’t been taught in Broomhill Primary School in Glasgow’s west end since August last year but traffic wardens continued to slap cars parked outside with penalty notices.

They issued 17 £60 tickets - worth potentially £1,020 - in just four months to those stopped on the redundant “school-keep-clear” warning lines.

The school building on leafy Woodcroft Avenue has now been demolished to make way for a new school on the site.

Glasgow City Council said the zig zag lines have now been removed - seven months after the school closed.

But one resident, who was fined for parking on the street outside her home, has hit out at the council for cashing in.

Lyn Paterson’s penalty charge was written off after she challenged it.

Of the 17 fines issued, the council say two were cancelled on appeal.

Ms Paterson told the Evening Times: “I feel that it fits in with a pattern of disregard by the council and an attempt to maximise profit from parking or bus lane infringements.

“Glasgow City Council are very tardy with the removal of restrictions, but amazingly quick to enforce any new regulations.”

The resident said she wrote to the council a number of times following the school closure to request that the zig zag lines be removed as the legal reasons for them no longer applied.

She said she was given “repeated assurances” and even an admission that they should not be in place from officers.

But despite this the lines were only removed earlier this month.

She added: “I have a record of numerous emails to the council in which they state that the zig zag lines are about to be removed, dated from last August.”

Ms Paterson submitted a Freedom of Information request asking the council how many £60 fines had been issued to drivers for parking on the redundant zig zags on Woodcroft Avenue, from the junction with Randolph Road to the junction with Edgehill Road, from August 11 2015 to December 24 2015.

The council wrote back to confirm the figure of 17.

They said: “Four appeals were received, two of which were cancelled and two rejected.”

The £60 fine is reduced to £30 if paid within 14 days.

A spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council said: “The lines and signs have been removed however the public are required to adhere to the restrictions in place at any time.”