A COUNCILLOR has blasted his own council over ‘unsafe’ grass verges which he says are forcing pedestrians and cyclists to walk in the road. Liam Walker, Oxfordshire county councillor for the Hanborough and Minster Lovell division, said he receives ‘almost daily’ complaints from road users ‘concerned about pedestrian safety’. The situation relates to the stretch of footpath that runs alongside the A4095 between Long Hanborough and Bladon. Mr Walker said ‘numerous complaints’ have been lodged to the county council by both parish councils and residents after grass verges ‘became so overgrown in some places, it’s impossible to pass’. He added: “Along with Hanborough Parish Council, we raised the wild look of the verges with Oxfordshire County Council highways officers on June 2, and still the issue hasn’t been resolved.