A number of residents have spoken to me about the appaling state of the road between Little London and Smannell left like this after BT contractors closed and dug up the road to lay new telephone cables. I have sent the following email to Hampshire Highways and have been promised an answer by next week.

Work now appears to be finished – at least they have finished digging holes but

• Road signs saying the road is closed remain
• Large potholes remain all along the route
• Manhole covers have not been repalced
• Vehicles are using the road and driving on the grass verge to get round obstacles left behind
• As a result the entire route is slowly becoming unfit for use

Can you advise if the work is finished and if so when the contractors will tidy up the mess and resurface the damaged areas of road please?

On a similar note I have again asked for the abandoned road signs left by the phone box in Little London to be removed.