Disabled woman is last resident on ghost street amid house sale dispute
dailyrecord.co.ukA disabled woman has spoken of her pride at being that last living resident on an abandoned street. Gail Roberts, 64, has been locked in a dispute with National Highways over the sale of her home on the Queensway in Derby for a number of years.The service road is destined to disappear if a £250million upgrade on the A38 goes ahead, but Mrs Roberts is refusing to budge.
It has become a ghost street after other residents began accepting offers for their properties from National Highways, who were under a compulsory purchase order.
Gail loves her home and has yet to reach an agreement with the government-owned motorway agency - over 10 years after the revamp works were first proposed, Derbyshire Live reports.
She said: "I feel battered, bruised and drained by the whole experience. But I'm quite proud to be the last one standing. I love this house.
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