Furious residents living in a rural part of Fife have launched a petition calling for urgent action over potholes on a key route.
Those living in and around Ladeddie, near Cupar, have described the unclassified road at Westfield of Drumcarrow as “one of the worst in Scotland” and have demanded action.
Around 10 families who live in the area and have to endure a bumpy ride along the route have plan to submit their call for immediate repairs to Fife Council.
The petitioners have released photographs showing the numerous deep potholes which blight the road. Some of the holes are more than a metre wide.
Retired Ladeddie farmer Sam Wood, 86, called on the local authority to end their misery as soon as possible.
“It’s just gone beyond what’s acceptable so we’ve decided to get a petition going.
“There are potholes galore and it’s gone well beyond patching – I should think there’s around 600 or 700 metres that needs sorted out. It’s absolutely disgraceful.”
His wife Doreen said around 12 dwellings and a children’s home along the route have been adversely affected for a long time.
“It is a single track road and we’ve managed all these years but we’ve never seen it so bad (as it is) now.”
Representatives of Fife Council’s transportation department have yet to receive the petition due to the festive period but Derek Crowe, senior manager, recently stressed a new policy was being implemented which should allow many temporary repairs to be replaced by much more durable solutions.
Sara Wilson, lead consultant at Fife Council for network condition, added: “We were unaware of the current petition launched by residents, and we have not received any direct complaints regarding this section of carriageway recently.
“As we’ve been made aware of this now, I have requested that a safety inspection of the road in the vicinity of Ladeddie and Drumcarrow is carried out today.
“A new risk-based approach to road repairs is set to be implemented from April onwards that will free up council resources so that many temporary fixes will be replaced by much more durable repairs.
“This will help improve the quality of Fife’s road network condition in the medium to long term.”
