This is the view that greeted shoppers as they visited their newly revamped £3.2m high street on Monday.

Sutton town centre was officially reopened on Friday evening, but complaints have been flooding into the Sutton Guardian this week after barriers were re-erected on Monday morning and large sections of the newly laid pavement were already being re-dug.

And the complaints don't stop there. Residents have said the newly named Trinity Square is being used as an expensive skate park by youths.

The youngsters dominate the square on most evenings, flying off the steps on their skateboards and using the concrete platforms and £750 wooden animal seats as ramps and rails.

Others have complained that the newly-laid paving is uneven, posing a danger to elderly and disabled residents.

Former leader of the Convervative opposition Paul Scully said: “There are, in my view, real question marks over the way the high street project has been designed and managed.

“The new paving bricks look older than the originals, the wooden sculptures are positively comedic, the bins look ancient already and the varying layers of the new Trinity Square has already claimed one victim - a lady in a motorised scooter who required medical treatment when she drove off the stage.”

Steve O'Connell, GLA Member for Croydon and Sutton, said he will be asking the Mayor of London took look into the money spent on Sutton High Street at the next Mayor's Question Time on October 13.

He said: “Although much of the funding has come from TFL it is still tax payers' money.

“Whilst I welcome investment in Sutton I just don't think this scheme gives value for tax payers' money.

“I will be asking the Mayor whether he and his officers are happy that the end product represents value for money and is what local people want.

“It's about holding TFL to account and making sure our boroughs get a fair distribution of TFL money.”

A council spokesman said the council is confident the work to the High Street represents excellent value for money and the High Street is safer and more open than ever before.

He said minor completion work is being carried out laying the remaining granite paving and removing the small patches of temporary tarmac around trees and lights, which will be finished shortly. In addition, four benches were temporarily cemented to the road ahead of the festival and are now being permanently fixed, at no extra cost to the council.