BOY racers wreaked havoc on Canvey yet again as police targeted “nuisance” drivers revving engines, disrupting lives of anxious residents. 

More than 60 vehicles took part in a large car meet on Saturday night.

On Sunday, there were more reports of boy racers and problems, leading to officers locking the gates at the retail park car park on Roscommon Way.

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The latest incident came as residents, who have suffered from the noise and disruption caused by boy racers for a decade, revealed they have forked out cash on triple glazing and thicker doors - but have still be kept up at night by screeching tyres and revving engines. 

In September, Castle Point Council issued a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to run for three years to tackle the problem.

However, Billy McDaft, a 33-year-old who lives nearby to Roscommon Way, said this has caused him issues for almost ten years, and claims the situation has worsened over the past few weeks.

He said: “I am extremely frustrated.

“We have even paid out around £4,000 for triple glazing windows and thicker doors to drown out the noise but we can still hear them.

“Over the last few weeks, the racing has begun to get ridiculous again. All we hear is cars revving engines and hard accelerating.

“I always said the PSPO was the first steps, but not the final solution.

“We need to come together to sort this mess out, but so far the responses have been massively inadequate.

“Someone is going to die on that road soon enough, this needs to be stopped.

“I have been trying to get this solved for nine years now, I can’t believe it is acceptable for residents to be treated like this and have to put up with it.

“It is not acceptable, and I have had enough.”

Anyone flouting the PSPO order can be prosecuted or issued with a £100 fine. Repeat offenders can find themselves in court.

A PSPO is usually intended to be used to deal with a particular nuisance or problem in a specific area that is having a detrimental effect to the community’s quality of life.