Large large piles of rubble, dumped by the side of a main road in Bushey, have been left for more than three months as two councils argue over whose responsibility it is to clear up the mess.

Two big mounds of dirt and broken chunks of asphalt were left by fly-tippers on a grass verge close to the junction of Sandy Lane and Little Bushey Lane, at the start of April.

Since then, another pile of rubble has been dumped just metres down the road. And another load has also appeared close to the caravan site, on the other side of the A41, also in Sandy Lane.

One of the piles has even been deposited in front of a large Hertsmere Borough Council sign warning fly-tippers will be prosecuted.

Yet the muck has still not been cleared up as Hertsmere Borough Council and Hertfordshire County Council instead squabble over who should remove it.

A spokesman from Hertsmere Borough Council confirmed officers are aware of the debris and added they were "liaising" with representatives from Hertfordshire County Council.

The spokesman said the council was trying establishing whether the road would need to be closed to enable a lorry to pick up the rubble.

However, Hertfordshire Highways, part of the county council, is understood to be reluctant to clear the rubble because it is not obstructing the road.

The bickering between the two councils has left one local councillor fuming, claiming the road now looks like a rubbish dump.

Bushey St James councillor Anita Gamble has sent numerous e-mails to Hertsmere Borough Council and is now demanding the rubble be removed by either council.

She said: "I don't really care whose responsibility it is, all I want is it to be cleared and then they can sort it out between themselves later.

"As you come into Bushey you just see these piles - it is like a rubbish tip."

Councillor Gamble added that because the rubbish was not cleared, other fly-tippers have now started adding to the mess.

She said: "It really is an eyesore now and I can't believe that somebody isn't responsible for clearing it. I think three months is long enough for fly-tipping of this nature to be cleared."