Fife Council has come under fire over its attempts to fence off a water-filled crater in a Kelty housing estate.
The local authority put up a temporary fence around a SUDS drainage pond in Seafar Drive after nearby resident Willie McLay warned it posed a danger to children.
It is understood water has built up in the SUDS pond because of a blockage.
However, last week’s high winds saw a significant portion of the fence come down.
Mr McLay claimed that the fencing lasted only a couple of days.
He said: “When I went out to walk the dogs, they’d got the fence posts in and put this mesh around them. It’s the sort of mesh they’d put around a hole in the road.
“Now, more than a third of it has blown down. Even if it hadn’t blown away, that’s not going to stop anybody falling into it. If you slid into that, you wouldn’t get out again.”
There is uncertainly over who is responsible for the SUDS pond.
The housing development was built by Lomond Homes Ltd, which went into administration at the beginning of the year.
Council leader Alex Rowley said he believed the solution may lie in the hands of the company responsible for handling the administration of Lomond Homes.
However, a spokesman said the company had not been involved with the Kelty site.
Fife Council service manager for parks, streets and open spaces Damien Woods said: “Although the liability for this does not lie with Fife Council, safety is obviously of paramount importance and that’s why we took the decision to erect a temporary fence.
“We were made aware that severe weather had caused damage to the fencing and it has been repaired.
“In the meantime, we will continue to work to monitor the situation and we are in discussions with Scottish Water and others to establish a way forward.”