I can’t park on my own driveway thanks to huge council blunder – it’s damaging my car

A DAD has claimed he has been left unable to park on his own driveway without damaging his car thanks to a huge council blunder.

Colin Gibson, from North Lanarkshire in Scotland, alleged that he is now having to use on-street parking for the first time in eight years.

The local authority installed a foot-high kerb outside his home to border a path leading to a new £20million school it has launched in the area.

But Colin says it has forced his family to park their cars in the street, which also also allegedly lead to damage.

He told the : "The council and their contractors have constructed a path up to the new school, which is fine, but the kerb outside my house is a foot high which means there’s absolutely no way I can put either myself, my wife or my son’s car into our drive without them being damaged.

"I have spoken to the council and the contractors when they were on site and asked them to do something about it but I’ve got nowhere.

"It’s so frustrating. In the space of a month since I have been forced to park on the street I have had two damaged wing mirrors, it’s ridiculous.

"I spoke to one councillor who told me to seek legal advice. Why should I have to pay for a lawyer when I have done absolutely nothing wrong and someone else has made a mess of it?"

A spokesperson for North Lanarkshire Council said: "Following a series of meetings between the resident and the main contractor, a proposal to provide vehicle access to the rear of the property was developed.

"However, when contractors recently approached the resident to confirm a start date for carrying out the works, they were surprised to be informed that their proposals were no longer acceptable."

It comes after furious locals in Halifax, West Yorkshire blasted a cycle lane as a waste of money after it was built with a "ridiculous" design flaw.

The local council built the lane with two lampposts bizarrely obstructing it in both directions.