Potholes on a crater-strewn highway have deteriorated a lot that they’re now sufficiently big to lie down in.
Regardless of years of fixed complaints to the council, the B7068 route simply exterior Lockerbie, nonetheless hasn’t been mounted.
Fed-up Sam Aitken is now pleading for the “loopy” highway to be repaired correctly earlier than residents want to begin taking a 10-mile detour to keep away from it.
Ms Aitken, 56, lives in one of many six homes on the hamlet of Bankshill and travels on the highway day-after-day.
She stated: “Yellow paint marked the define of the potholes but it surely was there for therefore lengthy with out something being executed that it’s worn away.
“On some components of the highway there are potholes throughout your complete width that you've nowhere to go.
“A few of them are so dangerous I can lie down in them.”
Ms Aitken and her neighbours have needed to fork out for repairs to their automobiles which were broken by the potholes.
She stated: “I’ve bought two dented wheel rims, one in all my neighbours has cracked two alloys. I’ve bought one other neighbour that dented a wheel rim and he’s consistently pumping his tyre up.
“Wanting taking a 10-mile detour round Middlebie to get to Lockerbie, this stretch of highway is unavoidable.
“The worst of it's the first mile or so after you allow Lockerbie. It’s a variety of potholes for a small part of highway.”
The native authority did restore a small stretch of the highway a number of months in the past however that induced confusion to locals.
Ms Aitken stated: “The council resurfaced components of it some time in the past at Scroggs Bridge which baffled individuals round right here as a result of it wasn’t anyplace close to the worst a part of the highway. A few of the potholes have been crammed from time to time however they’re by no means sealed and the quick-fix lasts a number of weeks earlier than it begins once more.
“Being rural we get a variety of tractors and lorries going up and down. It must be correctly maintained.
“We’ve been complaining about this for years. What do we've got to do to warrant the council making an effort?”
The Customary contacted the council for remark however didn't obtain a response by the point we went to print.