TIRED residents have hit-out at the 'hellish noise levels' in the middle of the night from trucks, diggers and drills resurfacing the road in the latest phase of Access to Headington.

Residents on Marston Road said they were warned of roadworks going on overnight, but what they did not anticipate was 'shaking floorboards' and 'vibrations of drilling under their feet' keeping them awake in the early hours.

One resident, who wanted to remain anonymous, said: "We, and the houses around us, have been experiencing hellish levels of noise over the last few days.

"We have had trucks with flashing lights, diggers and drilling well past midnight the last two nights to the point where our house was shaking from the work.

"And the drilling you can feel, under your feet."

The lady, who lives on Marston Road with her husband and two children, explained: "In the letter we received we were told that they would contain the noise levels after 11pm, this is rubbish.

"At 11pm no efforts have been made to reduce the noise.

"We're being woken up."

The complaints follow the closure of four main roads in Headington, to allow for re-surfacing work during Access to Headington.

Oxfordshire County Council claim the £16million project will improve roads for cyclists, pedestrians and bus users.

It also says traffic flow will be improved with new 'intelligent' traffic signals.

A spokesperson from the council said: "Resurfacing work is being done at the moment which, while disruptive, means that another stretch of road is receiving the repairs that people have been calling for.

"To do resurfacing, road closures are required to do the work safely which means access is not possible for the public during this time.

"In order to maintain access when most people need it, surfacing work is predominantly done at night, often between 7pm and 6am."

They added: "It is significantly more cost effective to undertake works during the day. So the decision to undertake the works at night is always taken with disruption to the public in mind.

"We understand that doing the resurfacing is disruptive for those closest and so we have restricted certain activities to before 11pm such as road sawing (which creates a clean joint), the road planer (which removes the road surface) and hydraulic breaking (used for removing road surface around ironwork like gullies and manhole covers)."

Access to Headington work started in October 2016 and is expected to continue until March 2019

Re-surfacing work on Marston Road, Derwent Drive, Copse Lane and Marsh Lane was expected to end on November 9.