LOCALS have slammed a pick-up that has been abandoned on a street for so long that a council had to tarmac around it when resurfacing the road. Residents of Marina Gardens in Weymouth, Dorset have claimed the “eyesore” truck has not been moved since June 2021 and has begun gathering filth. 3 The truck has been reported abandoned for over three years Credit: BNPS 3 Resurfacing work done this year could not be completed as the council believed they had no legal right to remove the vehicle Credit: BNPS 3 The car is now in a dilapidated state with rubbish deposited on and around it Credit: BNPS However, Dorset Council has previously said that since the vehicle is taxed it does not count as being abandoned, and is therefore within its legal right to be on the road.
Carl Jones, who has owned a holiday home in Marina Gardens for the past three years, said: “That van never moves. It’s an eyesore. It is terrible, and it is worse for my neighbours who are here all of the time.
“When I saw the resurfacing I could not believe it, I have never seen anything like that in my life. “I am in construction myself, I have my own company. I’d have picked the wagon up, tarmacked and then put it back.
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