Man so fed-up with 121 potholes on road decides to make golf course out of them
An irritated former councillor fed up with the number of potholes near his home decided to make a golf course out of them.
Stephen Aylen, 66, said there are 121 potholes and dent in the road near where he lives in Essex.
A former engineer, Stephen has been trying to get Southend Council to repair the road in Woodside in the town of Leigh-on-Sea, but said his efforts so far have been "fruitless."
Stephen has decided to make light of the situation and draw attention to it by getting out his golf clubs and enjoying a "spot of golf."
He said: "It was a nice morning for a spot of golf, and why travel to a course when I have so many holes right outside my house.
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"It’s not only this road, the whole area is littered with potholes and no matter what it seems the council refuses to fix them.
"To us residents, we feel like the council is sticking two fingers up at us.
"Motorists are having to swerve round them.
"It’s not only this road," Stephen complained (Stephen Aylen / SWNS)
The state of the pavement (Stephen Aylen / SWNS)"Some of the potholes would take a tyre out it creates noise for the residents with people slowing and accelerating to avoid them.
"Stones are thrown up from the potholes and hit cars scratched them and hitting residents."
The road was first built in 1956 and is around a mile long. The local council has replaced paving stone pavements on the road, but appears to have ignored the holes so far.
He added: "We have the council vandalising the pavements when residents do not want the paving stone to be replaced. Yet we have all the potholes in the road that we want fixed that are being ignored.
"All the while their work teams are on the road tearing up the pavements and replacing them with asphalt."
Some paving stones have been replaced, but little work has been done on the road (Stephen Aylen / SWNS)
Stephen accuse the council of 'vandalising' pavements (Stephen Aylen / SWNS)The council said they encourage all residents to report problems with the roads to them.
After Stephen's complaints and golf-based protest, some of the holes in the road appear to have been patch fixed.
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As a result, Stephen joked this was a shame as they had "organised a fishing competition for this weekend."
Southend-on-Sea independent councillor Steven Wakefield, responsible for highways, transport and parking, said: "We would encourage local residents to report road defects or roads that need resurfacing or patchwork, via MySouthend.
"We prioritise repair and resurfacing works by going through a strict quality check in line with the council’s procedure, which is based on various risks, and in accordance with the Highways Code of Practice.
"This procedure considers various items including road condition, bus routes, key routes, claims made, incidents, and flood risk."
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