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A team of road workers were forced to resurface a road around an abandoned car after its driver ignored warnings to move it.
Instructions to move parked vehicles ahead of the planned improvements in St Austell, Cornwall, were repeatedly ignored by the owner of the Vauxhall Astra.
The vehicle was left parked on double yellow lines on Clifden Road, forcing workers to dig up the road around it, leaving an unsightly mess.
The abandoned car also caused a safety hazard by forcing visitors to the local Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust charity shop to creep into the road in order to turn out of the car park.
Despite issuing multiple parking fines, the council still haven't been able to relocate the vehicle.
Road workers were forced to pave around an abandoned car in St Austell, Cornwall
Despite repeated warnings to move vehicles ahead of planned maintenance work
The inconsiderate parking is also a safety hazard for those driving into the Cornwall Air Ambulance charity shop
Although the vehicle has been issued with several parking fines, the local council still haven't been able to move it
In a statement, Cornwall Council said: 'Inconsiderate parking is an increasing issue and has a big impact on our maintenance regimes and is an issue we face across Cornwall.
'As a result of this increase we are exploring our legal options to remove vehicles situated within our road works.
'On occasion we do approach the police for their assistance, but this is not always the case and of course also puts strain on their resource as well as our own.
'We will try to resurface around the vehicle if it cannot be moved before works are completed on that section. The cost of returning to site for such a small area is quite significant, not to mention the impact on others of closing the road again.
'To do this we would need another legal order which can take up to three months to obtain and adds to the cost. The added obstacles on site can also prolong the surfacing operation and affect the quality of the finish.
'We hope in the future to understand our options in removing vehicles but in the meantime, any disruption by parked cars, ultimately costs the public more money so we would ask the public to pay attention to notices and be kind to the workforce and relocate their vehicles where requested.'
