A petition to resurface a long-standing potholed road has been launched by local Plaid Cymru councillor Annette Davies.
Cllr Davies, who represents Gwersyllt West, said she had repeated requests for Wrexham Council's Highways Department to resurface Summerhill Road near Pendine Park since being elected two years, as had her predecessor Gwenfair Jones.
Gwenfair Jones, who is now chair of Gwersyllt Community Council, has recently written to the Chief Environmental Officer Darren Williams to ask for a health and safety risk assessment to be carried out for everyone using the road, in particular cyclists and motorcyclists.
Cllr Annette Davies said:
"It's getting beyond a joke. I regularly travel on the bus along Summerhill Road and the entire bus shudders over the potholes. My grand-daughter has compared it to a fairground ride because it's so bumpy."But this is serious - the damage done to vehicles, as well as the danger it poses for cyclists and motorcyclists, on such a busy stretch of road serving Gwersyllt and Summerhill must be costing thousands in compensation claims for the council. I know of roads elsewhere in the borough that have been resurfaced to a good standard that weren't as bad as Summerhill Road so where's the consistency? I challenge any officer or councillor to travel that road and say the road surface is adequate."People locally are frustrated by council inaction and, while I understand money is tight, there has to be a level-playing field when it comes to resurfacing roads and people in Gwersyllt don't feel that applies to this road."That's why I'm inviting people to sign the petition so that I can take it to the lead member responsible for Highways and the Chief Environment Officer."
The online petition can be signed here and there will be paper petitions available in local shops: https://www.
A recent Freedom of Information request by Plaid Cymru revealed that more than £360,000 had been paid out by Wrexham Council for road insurance claims in the past two years.
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