A FAMILY left at ‘breaking point’ as incomplete road works left them without sleep will be able to rest easy thanks to help from the Echo.

Water company Wessex Water had dug two trenches outside the family home on West Farm Lane in Lower Bincombe, as part of improvement work last Christmas.

The trenches, each 2ft deep, were dug across the single-track road. The water company filled these with rocks and shingle and said that as part of other continued road works, Skanska would tarmac over the top.

Skanska is currently undertaking work for Dorset County Council as part of the Weymouth Relief Road.

The family has been campaigning to get the trenches filled in – without success.

Kevin Musial, 37, of West Farm Cottages, said that the two companies had been ‘passing the buck’ for the last seven months.

He said that his two year-old daughter, Keira, was being kept awake at night when farm vehicles brought empty trailers along the road.

He said: “The tractors have always used the road and that’s fine but when they hit the trenches they make a lot of noise and it keeps waking up my two-year old daughter Keira.

“She keeps getting woken up and then she won’t sleep well during the night.

“It’s making us all sleep deprived.”

He added: “We are all at breaking point, all the neighbours are and we have had enough.”

He said that he was angry as the small community had not complained about the road works before and he had even offered to do the repair work himself – an offer which was declined by both companies.

Mr Musial called the Dorset Echo and within two hours of the paper making inquiries with Dorset County Council and Wessex Water, he got three calls to say that both companies were outside his house ready to do the work.

Skanska filled in the trenches and told Mr Musial they would return soon to tarmac over the top.

Mr Musial said: “I’m quiet gobsmacked.

“Without question it was because of the calls from the Echo and they were outside the house in a couple of hours. I’m very happy. My daughter is only two and needs her sleep.”

* A spokesman for Dorset County Council said that there had been some confusion between the two companies, but that there had never been a deal that Wessex Water would leave the trenches for Skanska to fill in.

He said: “Wessex Water did the work and put in a temporary reinstatement but we said we would resurface the road as part of the relief road work.

“Skanska only found out about this on Tuesday and went in today to sort it out.” He added: “It takes a few days to do these things and we will be resurfacing the road in the near future.”

A spokesman for Wessex Water said that it had not been their responsibility to tarmac the road.

He said: “Wessex Water carried out work to divert water mains in West Farm Lane, Lower Bincombe, in preparation for construction of the Weymouth relief road.

“Following this work Skanska, who are responsible for the relief road, offered to reinstate West Farm Lane and we liased with customers in the area who had queries about the scheme.

“However it appears that the reinstatement had not in fact been completed and we would like to apologise to residents for this oversight.”

He added: “Both Wessex Water and Skanska went to the site on Thursday, July 29, and we have ensured that reinstatement work has been started. We have also spoken to residents and will continue to keep them informed of our progress.”