Edinburgh residents in one of the city's plushest neighbourhoods have spoken of their frustration at living near a pothole-ridden bridge.
The most recent crater appeared on Belford Bridge, near to Dean Village and the notorious Britannia Hotel, after a recent bout of bad weather.
Locals say the bridge is used regularly by cars, cyclists and pedestrians.
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The hole is so significant that motorists on the left-side of the street must make a small turn into the other side of the road to avoid the area.
One local resident had a near miss with the pothole and was nearly hit by a car that was going too fast due to the hole.
Edinburgh Live spoke to residents in the West End of Edinburgh about the pothole. 68-year-old, Maggie Hayes, resident in the Dean Village said: “It’s obviously very dangerous particularly for cyclists.
“There are similar areas where the tarmac has just bubbled up and broken into big chunks.”
Maggie went onto talk about the council’s involvement in maintaining roads, saying: “I guess they are hit by the fact that it’s happened over the holiday period so they will have loads of people off having Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Hopefully back at work tomorrow they’ll get some emergency pothole filling done.”
Another Edinburgh resident that lives close to the Dean Village, 41-year-old, Sjoukje Blackford, who teaches English said “It’s pretty big and it seems like it comes up all the time.
“Every single time it gets cold there are huge holes that appear on this road.
“In the Netherlands we don’t get potholes and we have cold weather exactly like we do here, the materials that they use on roads, they just patch it over and it happens again and again.”
Over the festive period including the New Year’s Eve weekend, Edinburgh experienced freezing cold weather alongside torrential rain that led to damage to major disruption to roads, walkways and rail services.
A council spokesperson confirmed that road officers had received enquiries over the public holidays and will be inspecting the road defect today.
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