A road in Bushey which residents say is causing untold damage to their cars continues to go unrepaired, despite complaints.

Residents in Three Valleys Way all bought homes at the Queen Acres site, before it was developed by Persimmon Homes, who intended not just to build 121 new flats and houses, but also a playground alongside resurfacing the road.

Eighteen months after they moved in, work that was promised to have been done is yet to be completed and residents now, are growing increasingly frustrated at not only the state of the road, which is uneven and littered with pot holes, but also the parking situation and the eyesore ditch in their front gardens.

Father of two, Simon Bradley of Three Valleys Way said: "The road is terrible. I know people who have had their tyres slashed as result of the state of the road and there is often rain left standing too.

"The parking is also a big issue. Commuters park in our street, on one side of the road there is space, but they are also parking on the pavement on the other side of the road and sometimes even on the corners at junctions.

"It's so bad that my wife can't even get the pushchair through. And, it also means that only one car can fit when driving by, which causes havoc - I have had my wing mirror snapped off, which cost £500 to replace and the driver responsible didn't even leave a note."

Tahir Kahn, 51, also of Three Valleys Way spoke of how he the road had damaged the rims of his tyres and had to fork out £1,000 to replace them.

Aman Virk, another resident, also raised concerns about the situation. She said: "Because of the parking, if an emergency vehicle ever came on to our street they would struggle to get through - it's hard enough to go down the road in a car as it is.

"Persimmon really need to do something. Since I moved in in October 2013, nothing has changed, including the ditch which is still there."

The road is currently still considered as private land, owned by Persimmon Homes, which means Hertfordshire County Council and Hertsmere Borough Council cannot put in place any parking restrictions or traffic calming measures.

It is only when Persimmon Homes carry out the essential work to bring the road to a satisfactory standard, as agreed when their plans were approved, can the council adopt the road and put in such measures.

Rob Phelps, spokesperson for Persimmon Homes said: "We are waiting for some final utilities work and for street lighting before resurfacing can commence, but we are hoping to move this forward by the end of February.

"As with any of our developments, we continue to liaise with individual homeowners after they have moved into their new homes to ensure they are happy or to address any concerns they may have."

The play area, which was a condition of the planning agreement, is yet to have materialised. However, Persimmon Homes have said that construction of it is scheduled to start by the end of January.

But added: "The play area will, upon completion, not be immediately available for public use as it will be subject to a RoSPA post-installation independent inspection and an installation report will then have to be issued to confirm the playground meets the applicable standards and that it is correctly installed."

Bushey north councillors Leslie Winters and Jane West have been working with residents and the developers to try to resolve some of the issues.

Councillor Winters said: "Residents have faced various problems since they moved in, and in order to resolve some of the major issues, we plan to meet with the residents and discuss it in detail and decide what our next step will be, which could take some time as the contractors left the site a while ago."