Cheeky council workers resurfacing a road have left local residents fuming after they decided to tarmac around a car.
People living on Andrews Lane in Formby, Merseyside looked out of their windows on Tuesday to find a brand new surface along their road - aside from a small patch around a white Volkswagen Up.
The car's awkward position by the side of the road came despite the local authority reportedly putting up large signs asking people to avoid parking on the road on the day.
Sefton Council said it had also made "every effort" to contact the owner of the car prior to the work being started, but said they could not be found.
The workers' decision to leave the section bare has however since created a minor stir among locals on social media, with some asking why they didn't move the car until the works were completed.
Others however spoke out in defence of the road workers, as one said: "The car was there while they were trying to lay the new tarmac despite there being several bright yellow signs up saying not to park there on that day, so not really their fault."
Another commented on the post: "I hope there's a good reason that car wasn't moved, because I doubt the road will be resurfaced again any time soon..."
One resident wrote: "They had big signs all down the street for days warning the road was being resurfaced so really they shouldn’t have to be knocking at doors, but as the comments say it’s an awful job even if the car wasn’t there!"
A Sefton Council spokesperson confirmed that staff would return to complete the section once the car had been moved.
They told the Echo: "Prior to any carriageway resurfacing works being undertaken, notices are erected to alert residents and motorists of the need to move their vehicles in plenty of time. Unfortunately, there are rare occasions where vehicle owners do not follow these warnings.
"Contractors will make every effort to identify the driver so that the obstruction can be removed, however in this instance, the owner of the vehicle could not be found. In order to avoid inconvenience to those who had followed our advice, as well as incurring extra costs by abandoning the job with all resources in place, we continued with our carriageway resurfacing programme as planned.
"We will return to complete this small section of carriageway once the vehicle has been removed. To avoid situations like this, we urge all motorists to take notice of signage in place and comply with requests not to park in areas that are to be resurfaced."
