A driver has been labelled "lucky" after their council tarmacked a road around their car.
Andrews Lane in Formby was recently relaid by Sefton Council but the job was left unfinished when a driver left their car parked on the curb, blocking the way of council workers. The Volkswagen Up parked on the curb despite signs allegedly being put up asking people to avoid parking on the road.
This led to workers having to take the decision to simply miss out part of the road during the resurfacing.
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Photos show the white car parked up on to the residential road, surrounded by fresh tarmac, however parked on the old road surface that workers were unable to reach.
People have now had their say on the controversial photo, with one person claiming the driver is "lucky". They wrote: "Lucky it wasn't lifted and sent the bill."
Another person claimed that cars shouldn't be on the pavement in the first place. Lesley Ann Davies Russell commented on the ECHO story: "Cars should not be parked on a curb at all."
James McShane claims his car was towed in a similar instance. He wrote: "Haha wish they would of done that to me instead they took it away."
Although another reader made a valid point about where the owner of the car may be. Ange Parker said: "What if the owner is in hospital or too ill to drive?"
A Sefton Council spokesperson 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."
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