Motorists have hit out at the latest batch of roadworks on the M90, claiming there was next to no notification they were due to take place.
Scores of angry drivers contacted The Courier to complain of the road surfacing work on the northbound stretch of the motorway, between junctions eight and nine near Glenfarg.
The work, which is being carried out on behalf of BEAR Scotland at a cost of £220,000, began on Monday and brought northbound traffic to a virtual standstill at morning peak time.
Some motorists claimed they were delayed up to 20 minutes and stated there was no prior warning.
Katie Melville, 31, of North Queensferry, said she was travelling to work in Perth yesterday but had “no idea what was going on” when she saw long queues of traffic just past the turnoff road for Cupar, St Andrews and Glenfarg.
“I thought it was a car crash,” she said.
“The first warning sign was only a mile from the start of the works, but the queues started well before that. Unfortunately, by the time I joined the back of the queue I was past the turnoff to Glenfarg and just had to sit it out.”
Douglas McIntyre, of Dunfermline, who was driving to Dundee, said: “I find it hard to believe that the powers that be didn’t think to put up warning signs about these roadworks at the end of last week or the weekend.
“I could see the long lines of traffic that had come to a halt, but there were no warning signs.”
Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, said she is to raise the matter regarding lack of signs with Scottish Government ministers.
A spokesperson for BEAR Scotland said the works are urgent.
They added: “We are doing all we can to minimise disruption by extending working hours to complete the work in the shortest timescale.
“Notification was circulated to the local authority, emergency services and local media in advance of the works.
“Traffic Scotland has also used overhead gantries and variable message signs to let people know that the surface is being improved.”
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