Fed-up residents in Inverkeithing are contacting their local councillor on a "daily" basis after seeing their cars damaged by a rising number of pot holes.

Some took to social media to discuss possible solutions – which included fundraising themselves and drawing rude pictures around the offending road defects – as they are becoming increasingly frustrated at ongoing issues around the town.

A poster on Inverkeithing Billboard's Facebook page had suggested doing the work themselves, however later accepted that it was not a practical solution.

A recent pot hole on Hillend Road has seen several motorists left with hefty repair bills after being unable to avoid it.

Aware of the growing frustration, Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Councillor David Barratt said he has regularly been contacting council officers to get repairs carried out – including the one on Hillend Road.

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"It has taken far too long," he said. "I emailed officers earlier in the week to say I am getting daily messages from a number of people saying they have damaged their cars with hundreds of pounds of damage. Tyres getting ripped apart, alloys getting damaged.

"That pot hole has been doing serious damage. It didn't seem to be getting dealt with as a high priority. I had a message back from the council team that deals with it last week and they said it was considered a high priority and would be dealt with in five working days.

"If something is damaging cars on a daily basis, which is ultimately what was happening, that isn't very quick."

Cllr Barratt remains unconvinced about the quality the repairs being carried out as he said one pot hole on Boreland Road had been "popping up" for around a year with repairs not lasting.

He was left unsurprised that residents were looking at their own ways of acting.

"Some comments (on the Facebook post) were made in jest but some were genuinely looking for solutions," he added. "What do we need to get a solution to this? The most popular one thought to yield results was to draw naughty pictures around them!"

Councillor Altany Craik, Fife Council's spokesperson for Finance, Economy and Strategic Planning, said the public can report faults via their website.

"In doing so, there is an interactive map which identifies if the fault has already been reported," he stated. "An email can be sent to the customer to acknowledge the fault reported.

"In response to the report, a Roads Inspector inspects the location and confirms the severity of the defect in accordance with Fife Council's Risk Based Assessment Policy.

"If classified as a safety defect it is given a Priority ranking between 1 and 4 and programmed to be repaired within the relevant timescale.

"In relation to the road defect on Hillend Road, Inverkeithing, this was confirmed as a P2 defect, which has a five-day target repair period. It has now been repaired in line with the five working day target."