A CITY centre street was left completely impassable by floods of water just days after extensive roadworks in the area were completed.
Melville Street, just off the West End of Edinburgh’s city centre, was left completely submerged by heavy rain yesterday.
Roadworks on the usually busy street in the capital – which contains a statue of Robert Dundas, Second Viscout of Melville – wrapper up just days before the new year after a lengthy period of disruption.
The road immediately ran into trouble again yesterday however, when rainfall and poor drainage caused a drastic flood around the statue, with locals dubbing it “Melville Loch”.
Inhabitants of the capital were left exasperated by the poor quality of the road with many disappointed that the newly completed works seemingly had no effect on drainage.
Part of the pavement was left submerged as well with it becoming impassable to locals who wanted to avoid getting wet feet.
Cars were still able to pass along the road at a slow pace with only one of the four junction mouths meeting the roundabout being submerged.
A local to the area snapped a picture of the flooded street yesterday and shared it to social media with the caption: “Melville Loch. Roadworks just finished, how have they managed this.”
The shared image has received over 250 likes and more than 20 comments from bemused Scots.
One wrote: “It’s taken like two years to finish that project and it immediately floods. They really raced to finish it before Xmas.
“I was a bit disappointed, thought there’d be a little more green than that patch of grass. No wonder it’s got no drainage.”
Another said: “Couldn’t agree more. Where are the trees or shrubs? There’s not a single piece of foliage the length of the main drag.”
A third added: “Shame, went past there on Saturday and was impressed with what they have done to one of our finest streets.”
Another commented: “Road engineering at its finest.”
A fifth replied: “The Defender driver is feeling very justified with their purchase. How else would they have gotten through?”
