Roads-related projects given green light by councillors

A programme of work for the coming financial year will result in more than £500,000 of road improvements in the Dunfermline area.

Members of Fife Council’s city of Dunfermline area committee have approved the area’s roads programme, which will also bring street lighting and footpath improvements on Transy Grove, Rolland Street, Johnston Crescent and Standing Stone Walk, a pedestrian crossing at Halbeath Retail Park/Halbeath Road, and a drop-off layby on Pittsburgh Road.

Dunfermline north Labour councillor Helen Law, convener of the committee, said: “We receive many complaints about our roads and pavements, and even more so given the weather we’re having, so I’m pleased that the committee has agreed to the transportation works programme for the next year.

“Our teams do a magnificent job given the continual reduction in budgets available.”

Elsewhere, no waiting restrictions are to be applied on the south side of Monastery Street amid concerns about people trying to avoid two-hour limited waiting restrictions or paying to park.

Double yellow lines are also to be drawn on both sides of the road at the start of Bannoch Brae, again for safety reasons.

Ms Law added: “Bannoch Brae is extremely narrow and when drivers park on the side of the road, or on the grass verge, to drop their children off at the nearby primary schools they cause an obstruction for others trying to get in and out of the street.

“Not only do they cause an obstruction but they’ve also damaged the grass verge and neighbouring gardens, which simply isn’t acceptable.”