15712/1Roadworks on a Trowbridge estate annoyed one resident so much he used his car to block workers on Monday.

Danny Hallett, of Beech Grove, moved the Mercedes off his driveway to block contractors due to put in a ramp outside his home.

Mr Hallett said: "It isn't the ramp that is the problem but we want it done properly or not at all."

The angry resident said the ramps being put in are dangerous as the materials used makes it difficult to tell where the pavement ends and the road begins.

He eventually moved the car after about half-an-hour but demanded residents' fears about the standard of the work and the project itself be addressed.

Another resident, Patsy Eggleton, said road works completed at the end of Beech Grove are already causing problems.

She said: "People think the raised area in the road is an extension of the pavement because it is joined to it. It is dangerous."

The work is part of the ongoing £600,000 government-funded Home Zone project on the estate, which aims to improve the environment for people living in areas considered to be deprived.

County Council contractors started work on the estate in June but concerns have been growing as the project takes shape, with residents complaining the money has not been spent on the areas they would like to see improved.

Speed ramps along College Road, put in to try and dissuade boy racers who use the road to cut from one side of the town to the other, have been branded useless.

Ward councillor Jeff Osborn said: "I think it is a waste of money doing this work along Beech Grove. Beech Grove was never a problem and all this is doing is creating future problems with people not knowing who has priority.

"The only reason I pushed the scheme from day one was to slow down the traffic on College Road but this work isn't solving that problem. You can guarantee from September there will speeding traffic up and down College Road again."

Residents are also angry a much-needed revamp for a neglected play area has failed to materialise.

Cllr Osborn said: "When consultation first took place the council made a big thing out of enhancing this playing area but when it came to it they said they didn't have enough money."

A spokesman for Wiltshire County Council said: "Home zones are about creating a safe environment for everybody to use and enjoy that is not dominated by the car. Experiences from Home Zones across the country and surveys carried out by the world renowned Transport Research Laboratory have shown sharing the roads in this way works and is safe.

"We are also installing traffic calming, such as ramps and build outs, designed to encourage drivers to drive appropriately for the roads.

"We are aware there is some disappointment about the play area, however we are still discussing it with our partners in the project, the district council, town council and the housing association to see if a way forward can be found."