Historic bus shelters have been repainted after the council came under fire for not maintaining them following a spate of vandalism.
Workmen were seen at the Grade II* listed bus shelters in Old Steine, Brighton, on Saturday painting over graffiti.
It came after the Brighton Society accused Brighton and Hove City Council of taking an “appalling position” with the city’s heritage.
The 97-year-old shelters are set to be repurposed as part of the Valley Gardens development which will see the area pedestrianised.
A spokesman for the Brighton Society said: “The bus stops are in an appalling state. They’re owned by the council and are poorly maintained.
“It is disrespectful to the heritage and the people who have to wait there.”
Two of the three bus shelters were fully repainted, while the other one still had some graffiti on it.
Graffiti had been removed off the glass of the shelter which still had graffiti on it.
The council apologised for the shelters being in bad condition last Thursday and said it aims to clean offensive graffiti within 24 hours of it being reported. Non-offensive graffiti is cleared on a monthly schedule.
A spokesman said: “Bus shelters are sadly very frequently a target for graffiti. Unfortunately, we simply do not have the resources to clean them more frequently.”