The county council has faced calls to fix crumbling pathways across Bucks amid claims some OAPs struggle to walk on the uneven pavements.

Last week Bucks County Council (BCC) agreed to plough an additional £5 million into decaying roads – however council chiefs were also urged to address damaged pavements across the county.

Councillor for Aylesbury South West, Niknam Hussain, said the mobility of elderly residents is “severely compromised" by the damaged pathways.

He added that there have been reports of mobility scooters being completely overturned as a result of the crumbling pavements.

Speaking at a BCC meeting on Thursday (April 26), Cllr Hussain said: “We need some thought about our pathways. In my division we have a number of places where people of a more elderly age are housed and their mobility is severely compromised – not by the roads but by the pathways.

“I have reports of some people on mobility scooters that have been overturned by the patchiness of the pathways, so could I please ask you to ask the team what we can do for those vulnerable areas.”

Cabinet member for transport on BCC, Mark Shaw, assured councillors £1.5 million had been included in the council’s capital budget for footway repairs – however admitted he did not know when work will be completed.

He said: “I am very well aware like you I represent a very urbanised area apart from our two villages and especially in the urban areas we use footways all the time to get to A to B to get to school.

“We have put money in for capital works to be done in the budget over the next four years – we increased up to £1.5 million.

“We realised there is a huge job to do out there. But we are starting the work, we will carry on the work, and we will get there in the end. I just can’t tell you when the end will be.”

At the same meeting councillors agreed to invest a total of £20 million into fixing highways after harsh winter weather added further damage the county’s dilapidated roads.