Neighbours have voiced their concern over cracks appearing on their road.

Friends and neighbours from Drayton Road, in Borehamwood, are worried that cracks at the lower end of the road, at the junction with Shenley Road, could cause an accident if left unrepaired.

But Hertfordshire County Council says the cracks are not deep enough to be repaired.

Pauline Poole, who has lived in the street for 31 years, said: “Anyone can see the state of it. There is going to be an accident before long as they have got so big - it’s ridiculous.

“When the winter comes, if it snows people won’t realise the cracks are there and could easily trip and go under a car. I just want safety.”

The top half of the road has already been repaired in two stages, with the first carried out around 12 years ago and a second stage completed around six years ago.

Neighbour Patrick Power said he did not think the cracks were too bad at the moment, but added: “The rest of the road seems to have been done except this bit. The cracks aren’t really awful but it is obviously going to get worse.”

Ms Poole reported the state of the roads to Hertfordshire County Council in August, and was initially told an engineering crew would make temporary repairs within seven days.

A letter also stated that the road was scheduled to be included in a work programme running from October to March next year.

However a second letter, received on September 16, stated that road maintenance crews visited the road at the end of August and could not find any faults that met the council’s intervention levels guide.

It also added that the road was not a high priority for road resurfacing and is not being included in any future road works programmes.

Rob Smith, deputy director of environment, said: "We consider all the roads in the county over a much longer term in relation to one another when working out which ones to repair first, rather than automatically fixing the roads that appear to be in the worst condition. This enables us to make the best use of our limited resources.

"Defects are either identified by our own programmed safety inspections or from customer reports, and are then assessed and their repairs planned by our maintenance contractor in line with our published standards."