Toni Tyrrell has to constantly dodge dog mess on the school run with her two children.

Now she is demanding action after getting nowhere with her complaints.

Mrs Tyrrell, 28, of Cheeseman’s Green, said she is sick of avoiding the mess on her way to and from Mersham Primary School.

She noticed the problem in April, and despite displaying polite signs along one of two pathways which lead to the school, she still found herself having to clean it off her 19-month-old child’s buggy wheels.

Mrs Tyrrell has asked Ashford Borough Council to clean it up and provide dog bins, but was told it is too expensive.

She has also contacted the school, who say the path is not on their property, and environmental services said the department did not see it as a health and safety issue.

Mrs Tyrrell said: “The council won’t sort it. I’ve asked for dog bins and they don’t seem to want to help. They say it costs too much money for someone to go up and clean it up.

“There aren’t even any litter bins where the school is, there is only one in Mersham and the council aren’t even clearing that out.

“I’ve put up my own signs but people keep ripping them down. I’m just thinking about the children who have to use this path to get into school.”

Ashford council spokesman Dean Spurrell said: “As part of the council’s efforts to keep the town clean and tidy, there are 306 dog waste bins and just over 800 litter bins.

“It is estimated that this year that the council will need to spend in the region of £950,000 keeping the streets of the borough clean.

“If residents and visitors didn’t just discard their rubbish or allow their dogs to foul on the streets, this money could be invested in new facilities for the town.

“We would appeal to anyone who to witnesses incidents like this that they report them to the council and help us to keep our streets clean.”