Drivers in Cupar faced traffic chaos on Friday amid emergency power cable roadworks in the town centre.
There were long tailbacks on South Road as Scottish Power fixes a cable fault in the Fife town.
The works were being carried out under temporary traffic lights, which caused gridlock on surrounding streets.
Queues of traffic stretched from Tesco to the town centre when The Courier visited the scene shortly after 1pm.
Traffic queuing in Cupar due to roadworks
Our photographer Steve Brown said: “All the traffic seemed to be caused by the temporary lights outside Tesco on South Road/Ceres Road.
“Scottish Power is at the scene and the works are ongoing.
“Traffic is queued back from the Tesco, over the rail bridge and as far back as the police station.”
Drivers were urged to avoid the area.
A Fife Council statement said: “We understand there is an emergency Scottish Power cable fault at South Road in Cupar which is causing some disruption to traffic.
“We are liaising with SP Energy Networks as they try to get the fault repaired as quickly as possible and they are operating traffic lights manually to reduce disruption.
“Please use an alternative route if you can while SPEN carry out this emergency work.”
A Scottish Power Energy Networks spokesperson said: “An underground cable fault has impacted customers’ supply, which we’ve temporarily reinstated with a generator.
“Unfortunately, the fault is in the middle of the road, which means we’ve had to dig a track for the new cable.
“Our engineers are working as quickly and safely as possible to complete this essential work and we expect it to be completed over the weekend.
“We apologise for any inconvenience as we work to ensure the restoration of supply.”
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