A COUNCIL has got revenge on a woman who was protesting against a bike lane.

Lynne Ryan, from Wynnum in Brisbane, fought against the council plan because it would eliminate all parking from her residential street.

Mrs Ryan and her husband Barry had their ute parked on the kerb outside their house when council workers drew a yellow line along the road to indicate parking was now illegal.

They could not however draw the line where cars were parked and returned to close line gaps after cars had been moved.

But Mrs Ryan decided she would protest and not move her car so council could not finish the bike lane.

She believes a lack of parking outside homes would put a stop to visitors and meals on wheels and would devaluate properties.

The council threatened to tow the couple’s car, but couldn’t as the car was technically not parked illegally because it was not over a yellow line.

Mrs Ryan gathered a lot of support from her neighbours and she drew up a petition with more than 80 signatures, forcing the council to hold a community meeting.

Mrs Ryan spoke to Triple M Brisbane’s Marto and Ed Kavalee for Breakfast and said if the council did try to move her car, she would be in it.

“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog,” she said.

“I’m well into my 60s and haven’t protested in my life but I’m doing it for everybody.”

Mrs Ryan was furious about Brisbane council removing parking from outside homes and said she bought the house last October and had no idea this plan was in the pipeline.

The protester believed she was winning the fight until this morning when she realised somebody joined the line underneath her car under a cloak of darkness overnight.

The Triple M Breakfast duo were the first to break the news after they received a tip off and Mrs Ryan was definitely not happy.

“I had a letter yesterday and email from Lord Mayor, all sorts of things saying they’ve got these sections, this that and the other for removal, that council have always been committed to seeking and understanding community comments ... well they’re going to get damn comments,” she said.

“Three weeks ago, we handed in to our local member a signature of 87 people along this strip who were against that, so why aren’t they going to seek and understand community comment now?”

Mrs Ryan finished up by saying she’d like to know who painted the line.

“I’d like to give him a three out of 10 for a s--t job,” she told Triple M.

She has previously made clear her protest is not against cyclists, but against council taking away parking and not listening to community feedback.

However, there’s another twist in the story and it turns out Mrs Ryan has actually won for now.

A spokeswoman for Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said council was currently operating under “caretaker provisions” and Mr Quirk contacted council’s chief executive and confirmed the decision to install the no-parking line did not have proper approval.

“The no-parking line will be removed,” the spokeswoman said.

“No further action will be taken until community consultation and all investigations have been completed, in accordance with the commitment that was previously made to residents.”