Frustrated residents of a Carnoustie street have hit out at repairs that have closed their road for almost two months.
Part of South Taymouth Street was blocked off by Turriff Contractors in early November to allow workers to fix gas mains and residents were told it would be completed within days.
But electrician James Cullen (54) is just one householder at the end of his tether as the road remains shut weeks later and, like many of his neighbours, faces a detour through the golf course to access his car.
He said, “It’s causing a massive inconvenience but nobody knows why it is taking so long. Where the road is closed, we have to go through private property to get to our vehicles at the other side and I have elderly neighbours for whom it’s quite difficult. I also have all of my tools to carry around with me.”
Mr Cullen insists he has not seen any evidence of work for several weeks. He said, “It seems like they’ve just abandoned it no one is actually working there now. I think they’ve just gone and left it and they don’t seem to be that bothered about it. I don’t know what’s going on.”
The Courier phoned Turriff Contractors numerous times over several days at its Aberdeen head office and Dundee branch but was unable to speak to anyone able to give an explanation.
Meanwhile, an Angus councillor has written to the council chief executive after hearing numerous concerns about the county’s roads.
Montrose member Mark Salmond claims that measures designed to help cope with the cold snap are dangerous and could damage vehicles.
Many residents have told him the substances used to resurface roads have broken up as a result of the cold weather, meaning small chips are bouncing off the windscreens of moving cars, causing a safety risk.
Mr Salmond said, “We’ll need to see what’s happening here as a lot of money was spent on the roads before the cold spell.”