Details of a road closure expected to cause major disruption on the main route between St Andrews and Dundee will be revealed next week.
St Andrews University will host drop-in sessions to give information about traffic changes as pipes are laid for its £25 million Guardbridge energy centre.
The A919 through Guardbridge will shut as the work takes place over eight weeks from mid-February.
Motorists travelling north of St Andrews and south of St Michaels face a lengthy diversion through Balmullo, prompting worries about the impact on businesses, commuters and residents.
The sessions will be held in the Byre Theatre, St Andrews, on Monday and in the Eden Mill Brewery, Guardbridge, on Monday, November 2.
People will also learn of the Guardbridge Guarantee, to provide local investment through apprenticeships, graduate training, creating and sustaining jobs and supporting local businesses.
University vice-principal for enterprise and engagement Professor Verity Brown said: “We know that in the short-term this project will cause considerable disruption to residents, local businesses and commuters and we are committed to ensuring local people are fully informed.
“These events are part of that effort, and we’ll be actively listening to people’s views so that we can take all reasonable steps to keep that disruption to a minimum.”
The centre on the east side of the former paper mill is key to the university’s drive to become the UK’s first carbon neutral university and its construction is expected to create 225 jobs.
Hot water from a biomass boiler will be piped four miles to heat the university’s buildings at the North Haugh.
Ms Brown said: “We believe the green energy centre at Guardbridge has the capacity to re-establish this site as a key economic centre.
“We are grateful for the encouragement given to us by the local community over the last three years as we’ve worked to develop these plans, and I look forward to welcoming as many people as possible and working with them to bring them to fruition.”
However, Guardbridge Community Council chairwoman Elspeth Paterson, who fears her shop Guardbridge Village Store may not survive the loss of passing trade, said drop-in sessions were not enough to inform everyone who will be affected.
Around 100 people attended a public meeting about the road closure in the village last week but Mrs Paterson said: “There are still a lot of maybes and grey areas.
“Drop-in sessions and an advert in the local press are not suitable communication for something as important as this.”
The first drop-in sessions will run from 12.30pm to 2pm and 4pm to 7pm and the second from 4pm to 7pm.