Drivers left fuming after stubborn council workers resurface the road AROUND their parked cars
DRIVERS have been left fuming after stubborn council workers resurfaced the road AROUND their parked cars.
They claim the incompetent work at Bandram Road in Prestwich, Manchester left part of the surface looking like a "mess full of gravel" and “half done.”
Notices were initially erected by Bury council informing residents not to park on the road while resurfacing work was carried out.
However, the signs were removed on Friday as the gravel was placed on the road.
At the time, residents thought it was okay to return their parked cars to their usual spots outside their houses.
But they were met with surprise when the workers returned to finish the last layer of road surfacing.
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With the vehicles still parked, the council employees decided to add the top layer where they could - snaking micro asphalt around the cars.
Fuming resident Alicia McIntosht told : "We left the cars for two days and we went away Friday afternoon.
“And we came back an hour ago to this. To be fair it doesn't bother me that much.
“The most annoying bit is treading the stones into the house. I've seen [tarmacking around cars] before around here. If they wanted us to move it we could've done that so they could do a proper job.”
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Another residents described the decision as “strange”.
“They put the gravel or shail stuff down and then took the notices off so we all thought it was done. Then we came back and they had squirted this stuff on it,” they said.
“If it was all like that it would be great. It's messy as well [the gravel] because it gets everywhere.
“It was a surprise because nobody knew this was going to happen. It was in the afternoon that it happened and I was out and I came back to it like that.
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According to the MEN, the road was in desperate need of repair - and residents welcomed the work.
Bury Council has been approached for comment.