Workmen's roundabout error has been driving Tayport motorists round the bend
Fife Council has ordered repairs after bungling workmen laid a mini-roundabout on the outskirts of Tayport in the wrong place.
Drivers negotiating the new roundabout at the weekend.
- By Craig Smith
- Published in the Courier : 27.02.12
- Published online : 27.02.12 @ 10.49am
Residents in Tayport were perplexed when the traffic-calming measure at the junction of Scotscraig Drive and Newport Road was installed incorrectly. The roundabout was positioned off-centre and led to many motorists simply driving straight over the junction.
Councillor Tim Brett, who represents the Tay Bridgehead ward, said the issue had been high on the agenda for a number of weeks.
He said: "I'm glad to see work on correctly positioning it finally get started and I hope it eases some of the concern in the area."
Councillor Maggie Taylor is equally happy to see the roundabout moved, saying she was "totally aghast" at the behaviour of some drivers travelling from Tayport towards Dundee.
"I was there today with a Fife Council officer and sat for about 20 minutes and some of the driving was appalling," she said.
One local resident said: "It's been a real hazard and it's taken far too long to get this sorted out."
Fife's road policing department said several motorists have received warnings or tickets in relation to failing to comply with the roundabout.
The Tayport mistake is a reminder of a similar scenario in Inverkeithing last summer, when contractors marked out parking bays that motorists could not get out of.
The lines at Inverkeithing railway station were painted so that several of the bays were completely surrounded by other parking slots, meaning any driver who used them risked being trapped.
11.39am - 27.02.2012 novaecosse - Dundee, Scotland Report This
I find it hard to believe the workmen painted the circle in the wrong place. More likely the design was botched in the first place - like so many perfectly adequate T- junctions turning into mini-roundabouts on the cheap.
12.11pm - 27.02.2012 Broughty Jambo - Tayport, Scotland Report This
Pointless painted circle in the first place. Just get rid of it. Total waste of time
02.41pm - 27.02.2012 Fedup - Cupar, UK Report This
Why should people get ticketed when this is clearly a cock-up from Fife council. The traffic calming measures in Gauldry are equally bizarre with mutiple obstructions forcing you into the middle of the road and when a bus parks in the village centre sometimes the traffic is stick for minutes. Mad!
09.23pm - 27.02.2012 Iain Wallace - Dundee, Scotland Report This
The Circle is in the wrong place it should be 800 yards nearer the Tay Road Bridge end to stop the road being used as a racetrack,time and again i witness drivers in well in excess of the speed limit on that stretch of road,and dangerous overtaking all to reach Tayport a few seconds ahead.
01.42pm - 28.02.2012 Disappointed - Tayport, UK Report This
Correct me please, they say they have started, must be on another Tayport Road as of this morning nothing is happening!!!
01.20pm - 01.03.2012 Jim Watson - Kirkcaldy, Scotland Report This
Another fine mess by FRC Roads Department. No point in blaming contractor’s, surely there are “sign off” procedures to accept the work is done correctly. How incompetent can this organisation get, the Adam Smith junction fiasco in Kirkcaldy was justified by weeks of slithering by inept Managers? This is just another example of them failing to learn lessons or accept responsibility for their failings.
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