Blairgowrie Reports ‘New Road Smell’; Estate Agents Briefly Excited Then Remember It’s Just Tar
Fresh tarmac aroma described as 'hope, with fumes'.
Fresh road resurfacing, the perfume of progress. Photo: Steven Brown, “Gravel and tar left over from road resurfacing - geograph.org.uk - 1864713”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
BLAIRGOWRIE — As resurfacing began on the A93, residents reported a distinctive new-road smell drifting over the town, briefly mistaken by one estate agent for “regeneration”.
“It’s just tar,” clarified a neighbour. “We’ve had regeneration before. It smelled of coffee and broken promises.”
The smell is expected to last approximately two weeks, or until the next weather system.
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