Restrictions are to be imposed on several Dunfermline streets to combat shoddy parking.
Bollards are being placed on St Andrews Street to stop people driving on to the wide footpath and parking there while shopping.
The £3,000 project will cover St Andrews Street, Howard Crescent and Malcolm Street.
Drivers are flouting parking restrictions from the junction of Hospital Hill along St Andrews Street on a daily basis.
With shops and takeaways there is a constant demand for short-term parking, which councillors heard leads to inconsiderate and dangerous parking, with drivers tempted to use the wide pavements on both sides of the street.
Bollards, barriers, benches, double yellow lines and white boxes at driveways of houses on the street have all been tried at one time or another to varying degrees of success.
Although parking on footpaths is not legal, some paths are so wide that parking has become commonplace.
This has happened on St Andrews Street where even if three metres of path is taken by parked cars, another three metres is clear for pedestrians.
City of Dunfermline councillors heard most drivers felt it was acceptable to “essentially abandon” their cars as it was only for a few minutes.
“Even blocking driveways seems acceptable to drivers because they are not going to be long.
“However, this attitude causes major issues for the residents,” a report by technician engineer Lesley Craig said.
Householders are also concerned about double parking fully on footpaths outside houses or on the road and layby.
In addition, residents from local houses are also driving their cars up the footway around grassed areas and parking outside their homes, causing damage to the grassed area and paths.
What is now being implemented is double yellow lines, bollards and marked parking bays on footways where parking is feasible.
Councillor Bob Young said: “My problem is people are not just parking there for 10 to 20 minutes and then going away.
“Some could park and then go on the Glasgow or Edinburgh bus.
“One guy could not get out his house because a guy had parked there all day.
“Hopefully, this will resolve it because it has been a problem for a long time.”
Chairwoman Helen Law said: “We’re committed to improving the road safety in the local area and have to strike a balance between residents, local business and their customers.
“However, it seems that more and more drivers are not considering others.
“By introducing these new restrictions we’ll be able to deal with dangerous and obstructive parking.”