A RESIDENT living near overnight roadworks in east Dorset has said the noise has made it “impossible to sleep”.

Contractors for Dorset Council were carrying out resurfacing work in Wimborne Road West from 8pm to 6am on five successive nights last week.

The road was closed between the western junction of Stapehill Crescent to the junction of Lonsdale Road.

Jennie Pease, who lives in Hayes Close which backs onto Wimborne Road West, is leading a complaint to the local authority over the nightly digging, banging, scraping and lorry movements.

“It’s been absolutely horrendous,” said Ms Pease.

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“On Thursday night I got an hour-and-a-half of sleep, I went round work like a zombie and last night I slept at my parents - it’s just been awful.

“It’s one thing to try and minimise day time disruptions but surely our need for sleep is more important - it would have been very easy to have done a diversion during the day.

“I’ve written a letter of complaint and I’m asking everyone on my road to sign it.”

Dorset Council said the resurfacing work was due to be completed on Friday night.

A spokesperson for the council said: “The work to which this resident refers is the full re-surfacing of Wimborne Road West which we are undertaking at the same time as completing the sustainable travel improvements on this road.

“We are aware of this complaint and are in the process of responding as per our usual protocol.

“As per our standard practice, we sent letters to every property which fronts onto the section of Wimborne Road West where the work is taking place, as well as properties directly affected by the road closure.

“We did this 10 days ahead of works starting, warning them that there would be some noise and disruption whilst the necessary work was done.

“The complainant has a house which falls outside the normal letter distribution area and as a result, their property was not included in our usual advance notice letter-drop.

“We fully understand the annoyance caused by these essential roadworks and thank everyone for bearing with us while we make these improvements. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and will be responding to the complainant.”

The local authority said it also issued advanced warnings with signs in Wimborne Road West, a press release, details on its website and social media and e-newsletters.

In response to the council’s comments Ms Pease said: “To say our road falls outside of the area, we definitely didn’t fall outside of the area of the noise and vibration – we were definitely affected and that response just isn’t good enough.”