A Lanarkshire woman is hoping to finally end decades worth of pavement misery in her area.
Kathy Wilson stays in the Scottish Specials Halfway housing estate in Cambuslang, where a complex ownership situation means pavements, storm drains and other parts of the area have gone nearly 25 years without repairs.
But now Kathy is optimistic that action can finally be taken on the long running problem.
A meeting is to be held at North Halfway Hall this Friday night (October 1) which Kathy hopes will involve residents discussing ideas for what to do about the issue.
She told Lanarkshire Live : "The problem is due to there being a lot of un-adopted pavements and pathways at the Specials that don't belong to South Lanarkshire Council (SLC) and don't belong to the housing association.
"There's a clause in the title deeds that every owner is to be responsible for all the unadopted paths and pavements.
"It has got steadily worse without any investment. The pathway outside the driveway here is crumbling, for example, and there are similar problems all over the area.
"My biggest concern is health and safety as the pavements are close to being condemned, the drain gullies are in a terrible state and there are so many potholes - it's a matter of time before someone goes over one of them.
As previously reported by the Rutherglen Reformer, when Rutherglen and Cambuslang Housing Association took over the estate 24 years ago from Scottish Homes the majority of houses were rented.
However, an increasing number of tenants then decided to purchase their properties under Right to Buy , with very few realising there was a clause in the title deeds that every owner must pay for the upkeep of the footpaths, while the housing association looked after the grass.
The repair bill was estimated at least £300,000, shared among the residents, while in 2018 councillors warned that the paths would be condemned within five years.
But little progress has been made since then.
That has prompted Ms Wilson to try and take action, and she is optimistic that the community working together can result in change.
She added: "I'd even looked at getting tarmac down but was told I'd be liable if anyone should have an accident, which ruled that out.
"It's a big issue for the area here, but we can't let it go on.
"So what the meeting will try and do is get people talking and sharing ideas - what can we do, what can we look at, things like that.
"We can make progress by getting everyone involved."
The meeting will take place on Friday at North Halfway Hall, starting at 7.30pm and all are welcome to attend.
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