Angry locals fed up after ready a month for a dug-up highway to be mounted have branded workmen "lazy c****" in a message sprayed on the road.

Workers dug a gap to research a leak in Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, a couple of month in the past, however locals declare engineers closed the highway after which downed instruments, leaving a digger and mound of gravel on the blocked route. The spray-painted message appeared on the highway on Friday (December 8) studying: "Fix the road. Lazy c****."

One particular person posted their rationalization on social media web site X: "About a month ago, Scottish Water dug a very deep hole at the end of Dalmeny Street to investigate a leak, closed the road and then downed tools. This morning, the locals have now spoken."

Pictures from the highway present boundaries on the finish of the road, which is lower than half a mile from Hibernian FC's Easter Road floor within the Leith space of the Scottish capital.

A mechanical digger stays in place whereas fencing and purple boundaries shut off the highway to autos. The X-user added: "For context. There's been no activity here since the hole was shored up."

Another social media person commented: "Given the circumstances, I feel the locals are showing admirable restraint." To which the unique poster replied: "Absolutely. If it's an emergency hole, fix it. If not, backfill it and clear the site to fix later."

Scottish Water stated it has been doing surveying and cleansing work at weekends on a bit of sewer blocked by a buildup of fats, oil and grease.

The agency stated work began on November 1. Since then, the excavation has elevated in a bid to clear the blockage.

A Scottish Water spokesperson stated: "A section of the sewer in Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh has been blocked by a build up of fat, oil and grease.

"Due to the advanced format of the community and scale of the blockage, our groups have been unable to clear it, regardless of attending on a number of events and growing the scale of the excavation.

"We understand local frustrations about the length of time this work is taking, and are working with our contractors to get the final work and repairs carried out as quickly as possible."

They added blockages such because the one in Dalmeny Street could be prevented. The spokesperson continued: "We urge customers to dispose of their cooking fats, oils and grease in the bin or recycling rather than down the drain."