WIRRAL Council has been slammed after its contractors completed a 'botched resurfacing job' that saw one pothole only HALF filled.

The works were done at a junction in Wallasey on Friday, where it was claimed the pothole stretching across the junction between Kingsway and Princesway was only partially fixed.

Cllr Ian Lewis, ward member for Wallasey and the leader of the Conservative group on Wirral Council, said following the 'botched' job, the line painting crew arrived on site to reinstate junction markings, meaning the entire road was then closed – despite it being bin collection day.

Cllr Lewis said: “A bit of common sense wouldn’t have gone amiss here. Why on earth would you fill half a pothole and leave the rest of it?

“The cabinet member for highways made a song and dance about taking the road repairs back under his control. The buck now stops with him. So fill the pothole or be prepared for the claims from drivers for damage to vehicles.”

Cllr Stuart Whittingham, the council’s cabinet member for highways and transport, said 'work like this' was the result of to the Government’s 'priority of privatisation and profits.'

He said: “This month we are taking direct control of these highways works in-house. We’re going to use what little money we have left to invest in Wirral to its best effect.

“But whereas the Conservatives’ priority is privatisation and profits over providing the best quality public services, leading to work like this – we are determined to ensure the right people are in place to provide value for money to Wirral’s residents and council tax payers.”

It’s one of a number of Wirral Council-led resurfacing jobs that have been criticised in recent weeks.

Last week, a road resurfacing was labelled a 'shocking waste of money' and meant contractors will have to return after it was carried out around parked vehicles on Poll Hill Road in Heswall.

Elsewhere, on September 12, an Upton resident vented his anger at an 'amateurish' council road resurfacing job, labelling it a 'puddle-filled disgrace.'