Residents' fury as diverted traffic from Telford's Limekiln Bank island tears up their gardens
Gardens have been torn up by drivers who have been diverted due to roadworks on a roundabout in Telford.
Not enough signs were put up ahead of Limekiln Bank island in Telford, which has meant drivers have gone into a residential road, causing damage to a number of gardens.
Resident Jason Wooton posted on Facebook about the problems he has had.
He has called on the council and contractors working on the island to make the diversion route more clear after the first night of closure saw cars driving over gardens on Collett Way.
He said: "Drivers are going all the way down Collett Way, while driving at speed.
"Driving over people's gardens is not the diversion route.
"This needs sorting and quickly, I believe the resurfacing works could run on for days."
Drivers have faced months of misery due to the works on Limekiln Bank in Priorslee, Telford.
But work is now under way to complete the job.
The roundabout is be closed overnight from 8pm to 6am from until December 23 to enable overnight surfacing works, the final stage of the project.
The council has previously written to residents saying there could be some noise disruption because of the work.
The works are weather-dependent but the forecast is for mild night-time temperatures, meaning the work should be able to be completed as planned. Telford & Wrekin Council has now apologised to residents who have had damage done to their gardens and has already had officers out on Collett Way speaking to those affected.
It said that not enough signs were put up on the lead-up to the diversion which has led drivers going down the road.
Contractors are also arranging repairs to the gardens.
Chris Kowalik, a spokesman for Telford & Wrekin Council, said: "Contractors appointed to do this work didn't put up enough advance notice signs about the diversions which resulted in traffic taking the first available junction; that being Collett Way.
"We apologise for this on behalf of the contractors and ourselves. Our officers visited the affected residents personally last night."
