“It was covered in red daubed crosses and other graffiti,” he added.
Edwards said he spent 13 hours making a start on the clean-up, and was joined by a volunteer with a pressure-washing businesses.
“We hope to come back on Sunday,” he said, adding that the plan is to “completely repaint the place all the way through” to make it “look nice and presentable again.”
The road above, Bage Way, was opened in 1989 by Prince Philip, and Edwards is keen to get the underpass closer to how it looked all those years ago.