Locals are concerned the Corstorphine Connections project will cause more problems than solutions
Fuming Edinburgh residents have hit out at a new project that has left a baffling huge lilac and white road at the end of their street.
Linda Dougal, who has lived on Featherhall Crescent South for three years, said: "It looks disgusting. How they actually got planning permission for that I'll never know as the mix of colours is awful. I understand it is designed to give the area a bit of colour but that can be done without marking the road.
Transport and Environment Convener Scott Arthur confirmed that as part of the first phase of Corstorphine Connections, the placemaking improvements on Featherhall Crescent will also include planters, seating and signs in the coming weeks. She said: "Nobody here is happy about it, I've not spoken with one person who thinks it's a good idea. This corner of the road always floods but the council are more worried about this.
"There's a man on the corner who regularly phones an ambulance and how are they going to get access quickly? They'll have to take the long way round. I'm actually debating moving but I don't want to as I've been here ten years. When the work was being carried out, my whole house was actually shaking too."
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