A DANGEROUS dip in a Bradford on Avon road has still not been fixed two years after the complaint was made to Wiltshire Council – who admitted this week they had wrongly told locals the problem had been dealt with.

Amanda Bingham, of Baileys Barn, reported the hazardous spot, which is getting worse, to the county council in 2014 by phone, before sending an email last June, but the issue still isn’t resolved.

The 48-year-old received an email from the council at the start of February saying their contractor had advised that the issue had been dealt with – a matter the outraged personal trainer refutes.

“Frankly, having to wait two years for a response that has done nothing is not good enough. What a joke,” said Mrs Bingham.

“How has this been resolved? It is getting worse and will continue to get worse if nothing is done. It is ridiculous. I contacted them so long ago, what is the point in contacting them now when it took two years?

“I’ve spoken to a few neighbours about it and we are not happy. It is a real problem and something has to be done because as I say it will only get worse.”

Chris Poulter, also of Bailey’s Barn, called Wiltshire Council’s emergency number in the summer of 2014 when a car was damaged after going over the dip and left an oil slick on the road, which was promptly dealt with by the county council.

“The man on duty said don’t hold your breath about this getting sorted, I certainly haven’t as it has been a very long time,” said Mrs Poulter.

“People who don’t know about it have damaged their cars with deep scraps, tears and oil slicks have been left on the road. The structure of the road is slowly giving way as it doesn’t have the support that the houses do.”

The council have admitted that their email response was only to confirm that they have received the complaint, not that they had fixed the problem.

“That is a complete cop-out. By using the word contractor and resolve it implies that the issue has been dealt with and it definitely has not,” said Mrs Bingham.

“The wording is awful,” said Mrs Poulter. “You assume from that it has been fixed, it isn’t clear at all.”

A Wiltshire Council spokesman said: “We are sorry this has taken some time to be dealt with. This report was passed onto our contractors to carry out a repair although a date has not been confirmed for this yet. Unfortunately the 'resolved' notification to the resident was issued prematurely. It should not have been issued at this stage.

“We are investing £21m a year to resurface roads all over Wiltshire and we will prioritise the areas which require the most urgent repairs.”