Residents on a Trowbridge housing estate are calling for 'dangerous stones' on the road to be repaired amid fears that an accident will happen.

Residents are asking Wiltshire Council to arrang suitable repairs for a channel of stones running down the centre of Thirsk Drive and Warkworth Lane on the Castle Mead estate.

Stewart Benford, of the Castle Mead Residents Group, says the stones were laid in 2016/17 by Persimmon Homes when the houses were built.

He says he urged the council to get the developer to make repairs before the council adopted the roads but nothing was done. Since then, the stones have required regular repairs, the last being around 18 months ago.

The line of stones running down the centre of Thirsk Drive on the Castle Mead housing estateThe line of stones running down the centre of Thirsk Drive on the Castle Mead housing estate (Image: Stewart Benford)

Mr Benford said: “When they were installed, the job was not done very well. It was very much a cheap job and every year since then they have had to come and fix it.

“When Wiltshire Council went through the process of adopting the roads, I contacted the council and said the stones needed fixing before the adoption but was ignored.”

In emails, Mr Benford told council leader Richard Clewer: “I sent dozens and dozens of emails but the councillor refused point blank to engage with us.

“Time and time again, I made it clear once the road was adopted Wiltshire Council will need to spend a huge amount of money fixing it rather than hold the developer accountable and fix it before the adoption and waste public funds.

“These stones are now dangerous and need fixing before an accident happens.

“This will be the second time the council will have to pay to fix.

Mr Benford says the stones are laid in cement, which cracks when people drive over it in their vehicles.

“When cars go over them, it just breaks up the concrete again and the stones just lift up out of the ground. Some of them are now sticking up and are a trip hazard.”

Wiltshire Council has been contacted for a comment but has not yet responded.