A former Scotland rugby international player who is up for election to Edinburgh City Council this year has criticised the council for seemingly painting yellow road markings over potholes.
Norrie Rowan is up for election this year in ward 11 in the Edinburgh City Council elections and took to Twitter to vent his frustrations at the council’s decision to paint over potholes.
He posted the image to Twitter, saying: “Freshly painted yellow lines in Stockbridge....I assume the holes are not getting filled!”
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The picture shows a large pothole on St Stephen’s Street in Stockbridge that has had a fresh line of yellow paint put through it.
The painting was completed yesterday but it’s clear the damage to the road has been there for a considerable amount of time.
This comes just days after a BBC FOI request uncovered new data that shows Edinburgh City Council has a repair backlog of more than £77 million and the cost to bring all of Scotland’s roads up to code would be in excess of £1.6 billion.
Speaking to Edinburgh Live, Norries said: “The problem with the council is the council. They’re all well intentioned and have good ideas but they’ve got different departments who seem to have different agendas and they don’t seem to talk to one another.
“There’ve been loads of issues like this in the past.
“The potholes on St Stephen’s street may not be so bad but there are other potholes in the city that when I’m driving through the street it’s a real thump on my car.
“Never mind bicycles. The council is trying to promote bicycles and people cycling into the centre of town and there are potholes everywhere, it’s unbelievable.”
A spokesperson from Edinburgh City Council said: “It is necessary to put down yellow road markings in order to deter people from parking illegally.
“Road repairs are not in the same department and are dealt with in order of seriousness.”
