What was meant to be an upgrade to a Melbourne street ended in a massive fail with residents unable to access their driveways.

Contractors for Maribyrnong Council were tasked with replacing gutters on Essex Street in West Footscray but mistakenly forgot to lower the height of the concrete across driveways.

View photos Contractors for Maribyrnong Council forgot residents would need to access their driveways. Source: 3AW/Jim Gray More

In a picture sent to Melbourne radio station 3AW by resident Jim Gray, the contractors tried to correct their blunder by building a bitumen ramp from the gutter to the road.

“Normally you’d have a driveway with a nice ramp that goes down onto the bitumen but they’ve build a solid gutter with no ramp at all,” Mr Gray told the radio station.

View photos The same spot in Essex Street before the council upgrade. Source: Google Maps More

“But to remedy this, the geniuses at Maribyrnong Council have put a bit of asphalt in the gutter which blocks the gutter and will sooner or later break apart.”

He said the quick fix was even worse further down the street, where contractors appeared to move the road surface to the top of the gutter.

“There’s no gutter there at all,” he said.

Director Infrastructure Services at Maribyrnong City Council Steve Hamilton told Yahoo News Australia the guttering issue was an “interim measure” that would be fixed by the end of the week.

“We are currently installing raised intersections in Essex Street, West Footscray to make the area safer and more accessible for all road users,” Mr Hamilton said.

“As the works progress, kerbs and channels were installed across driveways with bitumen ramps as an interim measure to ensure resident’s had continuous access to their driveways.

“We anticipate the raised intersections on Essex Street to be complete by the end of the week.”

The latest blunder comes after a Queensland council was left red-faced after a commuter spotted a typo on a bus ride.

View photos A typo on a sign in a bus left Brisbane council red-faced. Source: Reddit/nacrimo More

In a sign warning commuters not to consume food or drink on the bus, Brisbane City Council mistakenly spelt it “comsumption”.

Another council in Sydney was forced to apologise in April after an Anzac Day banner error that read: “Lest we forgot.”

Maribyrnong Council has been contacted for comment.

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