A housing developer has infuriated residents and businesses by failing to re-open a main route between Burntisland and Kinghorn.
Lovell Homes, which is building 133 new houses near Kinghorn Loch, initially closed the B923 for 14 weeks starting in January despite a petition calling for the road to stay open.
The route was supposed to re-open on April 25, but Lovell secured a five-day extension until April 30 to complete work.
However, the housebuilder has now applied to extend the closure until May 31, with Councillor Kathleen Leslie raising concerns the carriageway looks nowhere near ready.
She said: “It appears that Fife Council’s transportation services are completely powerless to do anything about this.
“I have written to transportation services requesting that they meet with affected businesses and residents once a new date has been agreed upon. The lack of transparency and communication is, quite frankly, shocking.”
Isobel Pearson, from the Whinnieknowe Smallholding on the B923, said there had been a sharp decline in passing trade and produce had gone to waste.
“We have worked from 1974 to build this business up and something like this could just about finish you,” she said.
“I just feel Lovell could have come in to explain the situation to us. They had better get that road open on May 1.”
Ian Jones from Fife Council’s roads department confirmed the local authority was assessing Lovell’s application for a further extension.
Kevin McColgan, operations director at Lovell, said: “Due to a combination of issues outside our control we have unfortunately had to apply for an extension to the road closure of the B923 to complete the works.
“This work has been delayed as a result of weather issues in recent weeks including the heavy snowfall and also the presence of unidentified underground services.
“We appreciate and understand the views of local residents on this matter and we are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, please be assured we are working hard to complete the works.”
