A public meeting to discuss what a resident has described is a ‘dog’s breakfast of a road junction’ in Colby will be held on Monday.
Work on the junction of Cronk-y-Thatcher and the main road running through Colby began two weeks ago.
It follows approval of a plan by Hartford Homes to build an estate of 62 houses at Cronk Cullyn, which can only be accessed through the current estate comprising Cronk-y-Thatcher and Cronk Cullyn.
Resident David Headon, who lives in Cronk Cullyn, said: ‘It’s a dog’s breakfast of a road junction.
‘Everybody up the road is saying: “What the hell are the Department of Infrastructure and Hartford Homes doing?”
‘There are consultants from across following a planning condition when it’s plainly wrong.’
He said the main problem is the ‘kerb realignment’ involves narrowing the road, so forcing cars into the other lane.
Mr Headon said: ‘It’s just unsafe – it’s total stupidity.
‘This is wrong. Residents were told kerb realignment was going to happen – when they put down white lines so we could see what was planned, there was an uproar.
‘If you are coming in here and turning left, there is the risk of traffic coming from the bend and crashing into you.’
Resident Carolyn Kennaugh added: ‘I cannot see any logic in it whatsoever. The planners said it’s a minor road. It’s not a minor road, it’s a mental road at times.’
Mr Headon said residents have met Rushen MHK and Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne, who was ‘sympathetic’ and hopes to be at a public meeting, which will be held on Monday (July 27), in Colby Methodist chapel, at 6pm.