Traffic congestion outside a Kirkcaldy school could be tackled by closing surrounding roads, it has been suggested.
Kirkcaldy area committee chairman Neil Crooks said the problems outside Strathallan Primary School could force radical new options to be explored in a bid to keep children safe and assist residents.
It comes as councillors agreed to promote a traffic regulation order on Dunrobin Road, near the school.
Complaints have been received over parking undertaken by parents when dropping off and collecting their children at the school.
After years of issues and another agreement to extend waiting restrictions around the area, Mr Crooks has suggested dramatic measures may need to be investigated.
Referring to a school in Haddington, where surrounding roads were closed to parents at the start and end of the school day, he said: “If we are serious about the safety of our children, which we are, these are the sorts of options we should be looking at.
“It is not the people living there that are creating the problems but the people turning up at the school and thinking they can drop their children off at the front door.
“We really need to look at something different and not just painting lines.”
Although there are no plans to explore such a possibility, the suggestion by Mr Crooks to close roads has highlighted the frustration of residents and councillors surrounding traffic issues at Strathallan Primary.
The primary school and nursery, which was rated as one of the best in Scotland in 2012, is extremely popular and attracts children from across Kirkcaldy.
This has led to a large number of parents transporting their children by car, leading to heavy congestion on residential streets around the school building at peak times.
Councillor George Kay said problems with traffic around the school were having terrible knock-on effects for residents.
“This has been a problem going on and on,” he said.
“I have been asked to look at it and it is a nightmare for people that live there. People don’t use common sense and do not realise the dangers they are creating.”
Picture by George McLuskie