A CROYDON resident is concerned public safety is at risk if Maroondah Council does not improve access to a pedestrian pathway.

Roslyn Bull said the uneven asphalt and accumulation of rubbish blocking the view of the pedestrian crossing from the Devon Street car park to Main Street in Croydon was an "accident waiting to happen".

"Drivers can't see pedestrians behind all the rubbish and they can't see [the drivers]," she said. "There always seems to be an accumulation of stuff blocking the view. A few weeks ago there was a large bin full of rubbish blocking the view for drivers and last year there was a tree that needed to be cut back for months."

Mrs Bull described the area as a public disgrace and said she wanted to see the council close the access point and redevelop the site until it was safe.

"I've already seen elderly and disabled people struggle to get around. Especially elderly people with walkers - the path is so uneven and so narrow they can barely fit."

When the Weekly visited the site last week other residents raised concerns.

Ringwood resident Charles, who did not want his last name published, said he struggled to walk down the path with his broken foot.

"I'd be concerned about the elderly and the disabled trying to get down the path," he said. "There is a broken rail one side, so there's nothing to hold on to. If nothing else it just looks tacky."

Another resident, Margaret Beyer, said she had noticed the "shabby" and tarnishing infrastructure.

Mrs Bull told the Weekly she had written to the council's engineering department last October but nothing had been done and she had not received a response.

Maroondah's director of operations and infrastructure Trevor Welsh said the council has earmarked funding to repair the path and works were expected to start in the second half of this year.

He said other concerns raised by residents were related to private properties next to the laneway. Mr Welsh said vegetation on the site was trimmed last December and the council had contacted owners of nearby properties requesting they carry out regular maintenance of vegetation on their land.