Fife Council is to invest over £1million in road and pavement improvements in the year ahead, according to papers presented to the Area Committee this month.

Carriageways will see £708k in improvements; Footpaths will get £262k; and Road Safety will receive £109k across the local area.

There will also be special projects to replace the parapet on Stenhouse Street at the underpass where a vehicle caused £20,000 in damage.

Advance works to replace the railway bridge on Broad Street, next to the Woodside Hotel, get underway with a £500,000 temporary footpath and utility diversions, before the full bridge replacement estimated to cost over £12million in future years!

Roads:

In Cowdenbeath, Broad Street will be resurfaced from Woodend Place to the BP Garage, as well as the final phase of the A909 Mossmorran Road to the Beverkae roundabout, both classed as Category 1 repairs costing over £300k.

Stenhouse Street will also be included for resurfacing, between Russell Street and Rowan Terrace set to cost around £93k.

Footpaths:

Footpath and lighting replacement will happen this year in Hillcrest, Dalbeath Crescent (part), Maxwell Crescent (part) and Beathview Road totalling around £167k.

Further lighting improvements will happen throughout the Sinclair Drive area at a combined cost of over £500,000.

Footpath resurfacing has also been organised for part of Chapel Street costing £54k.

Road Safety:

Lumphinnans will see a raised table installed to slow traffic outside the primary school and Rowan Terrace in Cowdenbeath will see £25k of ‘traffic calming’ measures installed.

A £200k ‘active travel’ route between Crossgates and Woodend, past the community woodland, is also being considered as part of works to support safer walking and cycling in the area.

The news of much-needed investment in the infrastructure of the area’s roads and pavements comes when the Council announced its annual performance review on potholes, with a worsening in potholes filled on time across all four categories of road defects! While performance increased year-on-year from 2023/24 to 2024/25, it has slumped by over 10% in some areas this financial year so far (to Jan 2026).

What do you think of the planned investment in our roads and footpaths? Have you noticed the roads getting better or worse in the area? Are roadworks happening more or less often in the area?

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