ANGRY residents have called on housing bosses to clean up their act claiming that the partially bulldozed street has been left looking like a tip.

Up to 55 boarded-up homes on one side of Greenroyd Avenue in Breightmet were demolished earlier this year.

But 59 homes remained occupied and fed-up residents who still live on the vandal-plagued road complain that the site is a mess and that there is no security fencing around it.

Now tenants have demanded immediate action from the Bolton At Home organisation, which runs the town's council housing.

Lifelong resident Katrina Oldham, chairman of Greenroyd Residents' Association, said that the side of the avenue that was demolished had been left in a "disgusting state".

She said: "There is so much top soil and rubble left behind, it's totally unacceptable.

"Kids are running riot in the rubble and have been throwing stones at people's cars and generally causing a nuisance. There is no safety fence at all to keep kids out.

"I know it's not the council's fault that kids are running riot, but at the end of the day this mess should not have been left behind.

"All the residents are sick of seeing the mess which has been left. We have spoken with Bolton At Home but they have not done anything to sort the situation out for us.

"I was born in Greenroyd Avenue, but now I want to move because of the state it has been left in."

A spokesman from Bolton At Home denied the site had been left in a mess by the demolition contractor and said they were to take action against youth nuisance.

He said: "Action has already been taken by Bolton at Home on key issues raised by the residents.

"We have a high standard of customer care, and both Bolton At Home and the community at Greenroyd Avenue are pleased with the progress being made to revitalise the area and improve the environment.

"The demolition contractor left the area clean and tidy and it was temporarily seeded while we talk to the residents about how they would like to see it used.

"However, the site attracted complaints about youth nuisance.

"The youths have been identified and action is being taken against them. Temporary fencing has been put up around the site."

Cllr Noel Spencer, Bolton At Home chairman, said: "Greenroyd Avenue has been a great success story for us.

"As well as the demolition work, we have invested in the 59 remaining homes.

"The fact that, within four months, we will have no empty homes on Greenroyd Avenue for the first time in many years is a major achievement."