A Borgue woman has accused the council of leaving a pothole unrepaired for more than a year.
Sally Colquhoun told the News she first reported the problem on the U35S road in January last year.
And she thought the hole had finally been filled in last week – only to discover the repairs had not been carried out by the local authority.
Ms Colquhoun, who lives at Standingstone Farm, said: “I got an email last week from the council to say the case had been closed and the road had been repaired. Nobody had been up but I noticed one of the potholes had been filled in with soil.
“I assumed the council had done it but it turns out it was the farm manager who had gone down and filled it himself as it was damaging the cars.
“It’s been a constant fight – I phoned the council and the guy I spoke to was lovely and apologised.
“It’s been like this for a long time and it’s got to the stage where vehicles are having problems getting over it.
“Tractors do go along there but that part of the road is supposed to be maintained by the council. The rest of the road, which belongs to the farm is perfect, it’s properly maintained.
“I reported it in January, 2021, and I’ve reported it a couple of times since then, as have neighbours on the farm and farm workers. It’s almost impassible, the potholes are so deep.”
A council spokesman said: “This was human error: it was mistakenly entered as completed rather than a planned repair on a handheld device.”
The condition of the road, which links the A755 to Mill of Borgue, is now so bad that some people have taken drastic measures to protect their vehicles.
Ms Colquhoun added: “A guy that works on the farm bought a second hand car as he has a fancy car and refuses to bring it down.
“It’s going to be hundreds of pounds worth of repairs and I know how difficult it will be trying to get any of that money back from the council.”
