Families who live on 'Britain's must -up Street' have revealed that their lives are being destroyed by Midnight Road Works – with some neighbors who even move to escape from the chaos.
Ford Hill in Plymouth was dug up more than 20 times last year – the equivalent of once every two weeks – causing 'massacre' for the local population, according to data supplied by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT).
Angry residents say that they have endured sleepless nights in the past year with works that sometimes encounter early hours.
A 68-year-old resident told MailOnline endless roadworks in the sloping Devon Street had made life unbearable.
He said: 'It's absolutely ridiculous. Sometimes they are here twice a week to dig up the road.
'It keeps me awake every night, it continues until midnight, how can they expect people to live like that?
'They have excavated the same place six times to find a water leak, I understand that it is a busty road with pipes that run under it and I would not mind if it was ever, but the same place digging six times is ridiculous.
“I bet someone was paid every time they had to come back.”
Ford Hill in Plymouth was dug up more than 20 times last year – the equivalent of once every two weeks – causing 'massacre' to the local population
Rob Hobbs, who owns a visa and a shop on the road, said some of his neighbors have moved because they have had enough of the constant road works
The city council of Plymouth blamed the frequency of works on the utilities
Roadworks took place six times last year alone, so repairs could be carried out on leaking pipes and to erase blockages.
Bus driver Alan Yule, 50, who has been living on the street for 15 years, said: 'The infrastructure in Plymouth is nonsense.
'Every time they dig up parking on the road, we have to park three streets and that means that your parking space for the houses of others.
'When they turn up the road again, there was a lot of noise, but it had to do because there was a pit that got three cars.
“I wish the council and the water company and the gas would do things at the same time to minimize the problem, but nobody talks to each other.”
Rob Hobbs, who owns a visa and Tackle store en route, said: 'I am not surprised that it is the most excavated street in Great Britain.
'There were some gas works here last week. Some people have moved across the street, they had had enough.
“Parking is always a real problem here because of the school and how close we are to Devonport (the naval base of Plymouth), but if those roadworks had one without double yellow lines, it would have been great chaos.”
A 68-year-old resident told MailOnline endless roadworks in the sloping Devon Street had made life unbearable
Mr. Hobbs said: “Parking is always a real problem here because of the school and how close we are at Devonport (the naval base of Plymouth)”
Howard Lyons, 55, described the situation as a 'massacre' when the roads are closed with noisy machines that are heard until late at night.
“There is nowhere to park for families, especially people with disabilities, it's hard for them to get to their houses,” he told De Telegraaf.
The Plymouth city council blamed the frequency of works on the utilities.
The local authority said it was only responsible for three of the 22 works, with South West Water 15 times to repair permits to repair Burstpijpen and head leaks.
A council spokesperson said: “Although everyone always likes to blame their municipality for digging up roads, we must be clear that the vast majority of works on Ford Hill was not carried out by the local authority.”
Edmund King, president of the AA, said that it would be more logical that the works are coordinated with the repeated resurfacing that causes channel defects that can damage the engines of people and injure cyclists.
He said: “This number of road effects dug in part of the road must be a new record and incredibly awkward for local residents and all road users.”
The CPT said: “Some closures have been to emergency situations, with insufficient signage, which means that buses with a limited road have to go on a busy road.”
Roadworks only took place six times last year, so repairs could be carried out on leaking pipes and to erase blockages
The Parliament transport committee started an investigation last December into the consequences of street works of utilities.
Among other things, it will investigate the effectiveness of fines that are issued to companies when they work with working.
Chairman of the transport committee, Ruth Cadbury, said the moment the investigation was announced: 'Nothing is going to be delayed by getting rid of your trip, especially when they seem to last much longer than is necessary to complete.
“But often they are excavations by utilities instead of road maintenance that are the cause.”
