FRUSTRATED parish councillors have hit out at highways bosses for failing to fix potholes despite a four-year-campaign.
Little Clacton Parish Council chairman John Cutting said part of Weeley Road and The Street “look like Syria on a good day”.
Concerns have been raised for wheelchair users at the Belamacanda care home, in The Street, and resident – and future Paralympic hopeful – Ellie May Challis, 14, who lost both her hands and legs to meningitis when she was a toddler and is forced to navigate around the large holes.
Mr Cutting said the parish council is fed up with being ignored by highways officials.
“Ellie May lives in Weeley Road and is having difficulties in navigating a large pothole,” he said.
“The Belamacanda care home has wheelchair users who also have difficulty wheeling the pavement.
“The pavement outside looks like Syria on a good day.
“We are just fed up with being ignored by the people who should do something
Mr Cutting said the “battle” to get the pavements repaired has been going on for four years.
“I have written to everyone on behalf of the residents from MPs and the leader of Essex County Council to the portfolio holder for highways and councillors.
“We have contacted them all to no avail. It seems that highways are a law unto themselves.”
An Essex Highways spokesman said: “Both The Street and Weeley Road, Little Clacton, were inspected last week as part of their quarterly routine inspection and this showed that the defects are lower priority at the current time.
“However, now specific issues relating to this location have been drawn to our attention we would be happy to have a conversation to understand this better.”
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