Drivers faced delays due to a traffic light failure on the A92 in north east Fife.
Temporary lights are in place for roadworks at the Moonzie junction, near Luthrie, but a failure on Wednesday morning left motorists at a standstill for up to 45 minutes.
It is understood the lights had to be operated manually to allow traffic to pass.
Google Maps traffic data shows traffic is running again.
A third party on behalf of Openreach was installing two new fibre broadband networks in the area and temporary traffic lights put in place.
Openreach, which builds and run the UK’s broadband network on behalf of BT, says it is investigating what went wrong and the affected lights have been removed.
Prior to this, resurfacing work had been taking place at the junction since January 18.
Due to run over two weeks, it was scheduled to end on Saturday morning (January 28).
Work was being carried out overnight but temporary traffic lights were also in place during the day.
We have been made aware of a traffic light failure within the roadworks area this morning, the road operating company have been made aware🙂 -N
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One driver reported being stuck for at least 45 minutes in standstill traffic.
He added: “It looked like the light was just stuck on red.
“A workman finally turned up at 9am and switched it to green manually.”
Traffic Scotland said the road operating company Amey have been made aware.
An Openreach spokesperson said: “We’d like to say sorry to local drivers and passengers who were caught up in the traffic.
“Temporary lights were in place on the A92 while we build two new fibre broadband networks which will bring ultrafast, reliable internet access to some harder-to-reach local properties.
“We do our best to minimise disruption to road users during works and we’re investigating with our contractors what went wrong today.
“The affected lights have now been removed.”
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