A WOMAN who last month urged the county council to fix Witney’s ‘lethal’ pavements has raised concerns over the apparent lack of action since her complaint.

Dorothy Holloway, 68, appeared in the Witney Gazette in February demanding that Oxfordshire County Council repair damaged paving slabs in Market Square before somebody is seriously injured.

A county council spokesman said a slab was repaired as promised and that an inspection was conducted shorty after the story was published - but Mrs Holloway said the state of the town's pavements still present a serious hazard to the public.

The council said its team encountered some other problems in the area, likely caused by tree roots, and was looking into a solution.

Mrs Holloway said: “What annoys me is that they say they’re going to do them and they don’t, and they need to do it because otherwise someone is going to hurt themselves badly.

“I use a mobility walker but I’m not the only one affected by this. A lot of able bodied people are tripping and hurting themselves really badly out there.

“A friend of mine tripped recently and put her teeth through her lip.

"It’s got to be done. It just isn’t good enough. They’re getting worse by the minute."

Mrs Holloway, of Minster Lovell, was injured after falling in Witney in 2015. Shortly after Christmas, she was walking in Market Square when her mobility walker snagged on a paving slab causing her to fall and break her arm.

She contacted the Witney Gazette last month following another fall in January which nearly left her injured. A couple walking past managed to catch her and prevent her from hitting the ground.

Mrs Holloway complained to the council after the incident and they said they would fix the slab within a fortnight.

County council spokesman Martin Crabtree said: “We carried out an extra inspection after the lady got in touch with us and ordered repairs, which have been carried out by our contractors. This area, as well as the wider town centre area, is inspected regularly on foot and any problems dealt with as necessary.

“During our regular inspections we have identified some other problems, probably caused by tree roots, in the Market Square area and are looking at how these can be dealt with.”

The council did not confirm whether or not the slab was fixed within the two weeks.