A DARWEN businessman has been having sleepless nights since the road outside his house was resurfaced six months ago.

Marcus Walsh said his 1852 cottage in Bull Hill vibrated throughout the night as lorries came down the deteriorating road surface on the busy road into Darwen.

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Chartered surveyor Mr Walsh, 38, who owns several companies under his firm Marcus Walsh Ltd, said he had spent a decade making improvements to his house but was concerned the vibrations were causing damage.

Mr Walsh said: “I have spoken to councillors and even written to the MP but nothing is getting done.

“It has been a nightmare for me over the past six months.

“They resurfaced it in September or October and since then I just can’t sleep.

“The whole house shakes and this is an 1852 cottage.

“I have spent the past ten years doing it up and I am really considering legal action against the council.

“I re-did the inside of the house a few years ago and cracks have appeared now.

“When the wagons go past the noise is ridiculous and I am only about three feet from the road.

“I am fuming about it.”

Mr Walsh said he believed the contractors who carried out the work had done a poor job on the road which he said had already started to break up.

He said: “They did not need to do anything there as there was nothing wrong with it.

“You can see all the chippings on my drive now as it is all breaking up.

“They have used the cheapest methods possible.

“I am at my wit’s end.”

Whitehall councillor Karimeh Foster said: “We have sent an email to the officers and we have complained about the state of the road.

“It is starting to get holes in it and needs repairing properly.

“The council has told us they will ask the contractors to come back and do it again.”

Borough environment boss Jim Smith, who is responsible for the Network Recovery programme, said: “The material laid on the A666 was laid during a period of bad weather and this did affect the bonding process and some delamination has occurred. However the contractors have taken full liability for this and will repair and relay the affected area later this year.”