A Fife community has won its campaign to cut traffic speed in a village.
Much of the main road through Lundin Links will become a 20mph zone after councillors backed calls from locals to lower the speed limit.
Villagers upped their bid following a serious road accident in the summer and 20mph zones were imposed in residential streets. They had previously expressed concerns about the number of incidents on the route.
A petition was launched and hundreds of signatures were collected within just a few weeks calling for action. The Time for Twenty petition was also backed by local businesses and community groups.
Between £50,000 and £60,000 will now be spent in a bid to cut speeds on the main A915 through the village, which connects Levenmouth to the East Neuk.
The zone will extend from the junction of Crescent Road to the war memorial.
In a report to Fife Council’s Levenmouth Area Committee, head of transportation Dr Bob McLellan said the Lundin Links proposal was an exception to recognised guidance on the establishment of speed limits.
“Traffic-calming infrastructure, most likely in the form of speed cushions, will need to be provided for a mandatory 20mph speed limit to be effective on this section of Largo Road,” he said.
“Additional infrastructure of this nature is essential to ensure the proposed speed limit will be both effective and predominantly self-enforcing.”
Dr McLellan pointed out that extending the range of the proposed 20mph zone had more than doubled the cost from £25,000.
“This additional cost is likely to have an impact on next year’s Levenmouth area transportation works programme and 2015/16 budget allocations,” he said.
The officer recommended that councillors approve the proposal on the grounds of road safety and to recognise significant community desire.
Committee chairman Tom Adams described the outcome as brilliant.
“It was a community-led campaign and the community deserves a lot of credit,” he said.
“The community identified the hotspots and they were getting louder and louder in their request. The transportation service also deserves credit for moving on this and listening to the people.”