A delivery driver has accused Dundee City Council of forgetting about motorists as work continues on the £1 billion waterfront development.
Alex Rossi, 46, slammed the local authority after claiming he has contacted them on numerous occasions to repair a series of potholes which he says are making certain roads no-go zones.
Mr Rossi insists he has gone through several tyres as a result of striking potholes and has demanded the council steps up its efforts to tackle the issue.
He told The Courier: “I travel Dundee’s roads constantly and have come across some craters.
“They’re becoming difficult to avoid, particularly at night. Forfar Road and Dura Street are very bad.
“I’ve tried to reach out to Dundee City Council about the problem, but they don’t seem to be in any urgency.
“I don’t think they’re doing a great job you can’t always blame the rain or snow.
“We’re getting so much expansion on the waterfront but in the city we are being forgotten about.
“I raised this issue in November and it is still standing, what language am I speaking?
“I’ve lost many expensive tyres to potholes.
“There’s a lot of repair work which has been carried out that’s just not up to standard.
“There are some holes where if you go faster than 10 miles per hour you get a big shake.
“It’s just making a lot of journeys very uncomfortable.”
Dougie McKay of Tayside Contracts said the council is taking a proactive approach to tackling the pothole scourge.
He said: “Forfar Road is being inspected every two weeks at the moment. The general condition is in a similar position to last year.
“If the defect is roughly the size of a dinner plate and, depending on where it is in the city, we would respond within three hours and 90 days.
“What we have got is additional crews out across the city. Rather than wait for people to contact us, we’re trying to be on the front foot.”
RAC chief engineer David Bizley said: “Potholes can wreak havoc with vehicles and are therefore understandably hated by motorists.”
He continued: “We know that a number of local authorities increased their spending in 2015 to try to catch up with some of the road maintenance and repair backlog, but this evidence indicates that there is still some way to go.”