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Park and choose development at Rosyth given ‘conceptual’ go-ahead

Rosyth train station and the land earmarked for the project.
Rosyth train station and the land earmarked for the project.

The green light has been given to a park and choose development at Rosyth railway station.

However, despite being given conditional approval from local councillors, the plans are still only at a “concept” stage and no funding is yet in place to let the project be taken forward.

It is more good news for commuters, coming only weeks after the first sod was cut on the £10 million 1,000-space park and choose site at Halbeath.

That site aims to “revolutionise” local transport links and drastically reduce travel into the capital by road.

At the moment the Halbeath site has no rail links, although Fife’s transport spokesman, Pat Callaghan, had ambitions it could be transformed into an integrated transport hub.

However, the new proposal, developed by Fife Council, would link rail and bus passengers with the network from a hub at Rosyth.

Given the nod by Dunfermline councillors yesterday, it would lie on seven hectares of grassland to the north of the station, between the A823(M) spur and the Inverkeithing to Dunfermline stretch of the Fife circle.

It would incorporate 24 disabled bays, bus stances, a taxi rank, drop-off area and cycle parking, and aims to become a transport hub in the Rosyth area.

Fife’s roads design and construction service manager Mark Dewar said: “The application for a park and choose facility in Rosyth is at concept stage.

“While the planning application approval that was granted at City of Dunfermline area committee enhances these plans, funding has not been identified for the project at this stage.

“Work on the new facility at Halbeath is progressing well and, should this site prove to be as big a success as Ferrytoll Park and Ride, a similar facility for Rosyth could be a future possibility.

“Having planning approval in place can add weight to applications for external funding.”

leclark@thecourier.co.uk