Great Harwood residents have been left "frustrated" after water continues to seep through the pavement and freeze on the road.

The issue in the Causeway, which has been occurring for years, led to someone being hospitalised two years ago after hitting his head and cars regularly hitting the curb after skidding on the ice.

Last Monday, Electricity North West visited the site after a power outage and uncovered a backlog of water that covered nearly five houses on the street.

Despite United Utilities being alerted, they did not act due to the sample of the water not containing chlorine and therefore was not from the mains but rather run off from a nearby farm.

United Utilities have said that the issue is not their problem as it is groundwater and is ultimately the responsibility of the farmer behind the houses. 

Resident Dan Tomlinson said: “It is getting frustrating, and we are going back and forth with United Utilities.

“They have had a go at repairing the pavement where water is coming out, that is not where the fault is. The water was underneath the pavement and coming out from further up.

“I lived here for 8 years in January. My wife lived here all her life, and it has not been sorted for so long residents are giving up now, and that is not how it should be dealt with.”

Water now runs from the Causeway and onto Highfield at the junction and residents are choosing not to use it due to the risk of skidding and Dan chooses to walk his kids to school because of it.

Dan added: “The only traffic we get is the people who live up here. It is a steep gradient, and the road conditions are quite treacherous and the last thing we need is excess water coming across.

“Instead of turning across that junction, we go straight down. With the snow and ice, it is not ideal. It is easier because it takes it to a bus route which is gritted.”

Councillor Noordad Aziz said on Facebook that he raised the issue last year and promised it would be resolved and will now chase it up again.