RESIDENTS have been complaining to the council over work on pedestrian crossings which appears to have taken more than six months to complete.

Angry homeowners say signs went up around Sankey island, also known as the Pink Eye roundabout, in July stating the work around the traffic lights would take eight weeks to complete.

But months later the work still has not been finished and nearby residents said they have not seen anyone working on the site since the summer.

Keith Caley and Jim Corbett live nearby on Wellfield Street and said they have to repeatedly pick up orange barriers that have blown over and blocked the paths.

Jim added: "They started replacing the traffic lights around the island but then they never came back.

"The crossings have not been in use for months and are dug up all the way around the island.

"Any young ladies with prams would find it very difficult to get around the barriers and we have to pick them up and put them back a number of times after they have blown over.

"It's a nightmare."

The pair got in touch with the council to ask why there had been such a long delay for the work to be completed and crossings put back in use but they have claimed they were told to get in touch with the contractor.

Keith added: "We couldn't believe it and the council didn't seem to know anything about it.

"It's very busy and the traffic won't stop so there are times when the pedestrian crossing has not been in use that you just can't get across.

"It's a real safety issue and something needs to be done."

A council spokesman said the Sankey Way scheme is now complete with just some 'minor works' to be finished.

He added: "Both sets of traffic lights are now substantially complete with the only remaining work being the activation of a BT connection to the council’s traffic control system which will allow their operation to be fully optimised.

"In the meantime the signals have been adjusted to respond to vehicle activated flows in the morning and afternoon peak.

“We apologise for the inconvenience caused by the delays and we hope to have the junction fully operational as soon as possible.”