BT pavement works have been removed after "weeks and weeks and weeks" as residents and councillors complained the obstruction proved a danger to life. The works on a busy road in Sutton-in-Ashfield were removed after councillors threatened to bin the barriers themselves.
The pavement in Priestsic Road, at the junction with Lime Avenue and Northern View, had been blocked by barriers since June 6. Residents living in the area had been complaining for weeks, with some saying they witnessed young children almost "wiped out" by heavy goods vehicles on the busy route as they were forced onto the road to get by.
Gareth Gooding, who has lived in Priestsic Road for 20 years, said the pavement had collapsed under the weight of a vehicle. Speaking of the dangers the barriers had presented, he said: "It was just getting round it. You were very close to the traffic if you were in a wheelchair, on a scooter or infirm.
