Britain 's loudest manhole cover bangs and screeches every time a car drives over it , but the council and utilities company are at odds over who should repair it . The faulty cover , by the side of busy roundabout in Horsham , West Sussex , has been causing havoc for nearby residents , since it came loose in November last year . Ruth McGeown , who can hear the constant banging from her home , first contacted West Sussex County Council about the issue in mid-January . Scroll down for video . Ruth McGeown , who can hear the constant banging from her home , first contacted West Sussex County Council about the issue in mid-January . The council refused to fix the cover , saying it belonged to Southern Water . But the utilities company claim the responsibility to fix the drain belongs to the local council . Miss McGeown said : ' I understand there 's a level of bureaucracy in these sort of things but I just feel that both sides , Southern Water and the council , knew what the problem was but nobody was prepared to take responsibility for it . ' She added Southern Water had taken more than two weeks to fix a different drain in the same road - and then told her it was the county council who were responsible for the repair . The council then passed it back to Southern Water , who passed it back to the council . The faulty cover has been causing havoc for nearby residents , since it came loose in November last year . Another resident David Davis described the noise as 'piercing ' , adding it was a 'low level annoyance , but an annoyance nonetheless ' . The father-of-two added : 'This is driving us crazy . We are reporting it but they do not seem to be able to co-ordinate a response and be able to figure out who is responsible for it . ' A West Sussex County Council spokesman said : 'We are just waiting on our contractor to give us a date to schedule when the repair work gets done . ' A spokesman for Southern Water said the manhole cover was the responsibility of the county council . The noise every time a car drives over the manhole cover , by the side of busy roundabout in Horsham , West Sussex , is described as 'piercing '
Faulty cover is by the side of busy roundabout in Horsham , West ##sex . Residents described noise every time a vehicle drives over it as ' piercing ' Ruth ##hole notified the council about the issue in mid - January . The council refused to issue cover , saying it belonged to Southern Water . But utilities company claim responsibility to drain drain belongs to council . Manhole was eventually repaired by council on 11 March . Further to publication of this article , we were contacted by West Sussex County Council who confirmed that the manhole had been fixed on 11 March 2015 .