A neighbourhood feud has broken out after a man built his own speed bumps outside other people’s homes on their street.
Peter Clark spotted a barricade surrounding three newly constructed concrete speed bumps outside him home on Rosenstet Lane, in Apple Tree Creek, Queensland, on Friday morning.
It is not clear why the speed bumps were erected, but it comes after some residents complained about cars kicking up dust as they travelled down the road at speed.
A Queensland man awoke to the discovery of speed bumps built in front of his home by a neighbour
The bumps in the road have forced Mr Clark to drive onto his neighbours’ grass to get around the barricade.
The lane-way veers off the busy Bruce Highway in Queensland’s Bundaberg region and is home to a number of properties.
Whilst the Apple-Tree-Creek laneway is essentially a gravel cul-de-sac nestled among trees and dirt, it has provided Mr Clark direct access to his home for 18 months.
‘(They) have used a tip truck, an excavator and a cement truck and dug three trenches … and put in concrete speed humps.
‘They’re not even bumps, they’re like mountains. I’m not sure the car’s going to get over them,’ Mr Clark told NewsMail.
Local Area Command from Childers Police Station were called to the scene on the day of the discovery but directed a baffled Mr Clark to his local council.
Mr Clark’s bid for justice led him to another dead-end when he was told by the council to subsequently contact the police regarding the issue.
Rosenstet Lane, Apple Tree Creek, veers off the busy Bruce Highway and has provided Peter Clark direct access to his home for 18-months
Local Police were called to the scene but directed Clark to council who aren’t sure they have any legal right to do anything
Bundaberg Regional Council’s Deputy Mayor, Bill Trevor, said they would need to consult the positioning of the speed humps to determine the jurisdiction of the case.
‘If they (the sectioned-off speed bumps) are across the easements, which gives them access to the property, then I’d imagine it would be a civil matter, but we have to ascertain where the boundaries are first,’ told Mr Trevor.
If the bumps are found to be on private land then the council will be unable to act. However, if it is found the bumps are on road reserve then it is a council matter.
The easement documents were surfaced and the speed humps are potentially in breach of Clark’s rights as his ability to access the neighbours property is now hindered.