'It's s**t' - Edinburgh resident inscribes vulgar message to voice displeasure at new path

A local resident has taken to graffiti to express their displeasure at a new path in Clermiston.

Image shared that shows residents inscribing their displeasure into the newly installed path

The angry message was used to describe the recent Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust (ELGT) installation.

A Clermiston community group on social media has been awash with local park users reacting in disbelief at the “ugly” and “pointless path.”

Members of the community have also said that “the gradient of the path defeats the purpose of making the park more accessible.”

But ELGT have said that the path is still to be completed with remedial work set to take place once the recent bad weather has passed.

Sonia Whelan, 33, said: “I am a local childminder and mum of two, so I use the park daily with the children and to walk our family dog.

“I have no issues with the actual path being there if it provides disabled access but it has not and the issue is with the state it's been left in. I also think the money could have been put to better use for work on the local play park.”

Residents have been left scratching their head as they say the works undertaken were not in the original plans and that further path networks are nowhere to be seen.

Local Councillor Mark Brown said: “Whilst I naturally welcome any proposals to implement improvements in my ward, I do sympathise with some of the frustrations raised by residents in respect of the aesthetics of the whinstone path and following a recent visit to the park myself, I raised my concerns directly about the way it had been left following work being carried out.”

An ELGT spokesperson said: “The path is not completed as yet and we do not have any current plans to do the remaining path unless we are able to get further grant funding.

“It is a whin dust path funded by grant income. This was the makeup we were able to afford at the time. It is relatively inexpensive and suitable for most uses in terms of walking, buggies etc.”

Cllr Amy McNeese-Mechan, culture and communities vice convener, said: “It’s really disappointing that someone vandalised the path in this way. It’s totally uncalled for and we’ve removed the offending message.”

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