Fife Council has ordered repairs after bungling workmen laid a mini-roundabout on the outskirts of Tayport in the wrong place.
Residents in Tayport were perplexed when the traffic-calming measure at the junction of Scotscraig Drive and Newport Road was installed incorrectly. The roundabout was positioned off-centre and led to many motorists simply driving straight over the junction.
Councillor Tim Brett, who represents the Tay Bridgehead ward, said the issue had been high on the agenda for a number of weeks.
He said: “I’m glad to see work on correctly positioning it finally get started and I hope it eases some of the concern in the area.”
Councillor Maggie Taylor is equally happy to see the roundabout moved, saying she was “totally aghast” at the behaviour of some drivers travelling from Tayport towards Dundee.
“I was there today with a Fife Council officer and sat for about 20 minutes and some of the driving was appalling,” she said.
One local resident said: “It’s been a real hazard and it’s taken far too long to get this sorted out.”
Fife’s road policing department said several motorists have received warnings or tickets in relation to failing to comply with the roundabout.
The Tayport mistake is a reminder of a similar scenario in Inverkeithing last summer, when contractors marked out parking bays that motorists could not get out of.
The lines at Inverkeithing railway station were painted so that several of the bays were completely surrounded by other parking slots, meaning any driver who used them risked being trapped.