'Princess Street?': Spelling blunders on temporary road signs mocked by Edinburgh locals
It is widely considered the ultimate cardinal sin among Edinburgh locals: adding an extra 's' to Princes Street.
Scottish Water has been forced to rectify temporary road signs in Edinburgh city centre after misspelling the names of two of the Capital's most famous streets.
One sign on the junction connecting Princes Street and North Bridge to Waterloo Place and Leith Street mistakenly calls the recently closed thoroughfare “Princess Street”.
Another on St Andrew Square tells delivery drivers to use “Hannover Street”, the German spelling for Hanover Street which connects Queen Street with Princes Street.
A sign with the correct spelling was lying on the floor gathering dirt just metres from St Andrew Square’s misspelt signage.
Evening News readers were quick to poke fun at the unfortunate mistake, with David Russell quipping that they need “spellchecker on [the] sign-making machine”.
Others said the error was “unbelievable” and described those behind it as “eejits”.
The Princes Street sign was put in place by Scottish Water who said it had “requested for any inaccurate signage to be corrected ASAP”.
Scottish Water have since corrected the “Princess Street” error.
Waterloo Place closed to westbound traffic for about 11 weeks from Monday while Scottish Water carry out essential repair works on the water and sewage network beneath the road.
Cars and buses are being diverted for the duration of the £3 million upgrade works to a 130-year-old cast-iron water main and the full list of diversions can be found here.
Announcing the closure, a Scottish Water spokesperson said: “Thank you to all those affected for your patience and understanding while we carry out these vital repairs.”