THE owner of a popular Barrow pub and hotel has called on highways bosses to fix railings destroyed by a hit-and-run driver three years ago.

A woman managed to escape miraculously uninjured after a black Audi A3 smashed into her Ford B-Max at the crossroads by the Duke of Edinburgh in June 2016.

The Ford was left on its side after colliding with the railings. The teenage driver of the Audi fled the scene on foot along with his passenger but he was later found and convicted of dangerous driving.

At the time highways bosses indicated the railings would be repaired but exactly three years later the mangled black metal remains untouched.

Lancaster Brewery boss Phil Simpson, who owns the Duke of Edinburgh, this week called on Cumbria County Council to commit to replacing the railings.

He said that as a key junction in Barrow the damaged railings don't present the town in the best light.

"It’s been years since the car crash into the barriers outside the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel," he told The Mail.

"For many people arriving into the town from the train station it’s one of the first things they notice.

"It was supposed to have been paid for by the convicted individuals that caused the damage but sadly as a community we are still waiting for restitution."

The Mail contacted the council's highways department who have vowed the railings will be replaced this year and funding has been secured.

A spokesman for the council said: "The railings are on a list of several sites in the borough that will be having new railings installed this year. The highways team are aware, they have the funding to pay for the replacement railings and they’ve confirmed it’ll definitely be this year they get reinstated."