Road left to crumble as hedge is targeted

A MAN, who lives in a road littered with pot holes, has been left annoyed after West Sussex County Council ignored the road’s condition on a recent inspection, but said he must trim his hedge.
Shamus with his 'overhanging'  hedgeShamus with his 'overhanging'  hedge
Shamus with his 'overhanging' hedge

Shamus Scanlon, 59, of Penstone Park, Lancing, received a letter from the council, who act as the local highway authority, stating that although his hedge was neatly cut, it was overhanging and narrowing the footpath.

Shamus said: “Everyone compliments me on the hedge, no-one has ever complained. It’s a shame they have nothing better to do.

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“There are two pot holes and a collapsed sewer in the road outside my house and they have been there for ages. The whole road is full of them and the sewer is dangerous.

“We are paying a community charge and the roads are full of potholes.”

For the full story, see the Lancing Herald, Thursday, August 29.