Residents have won the first stage in their battle to make a busy street safer for children walking to and from school.
Parents fear that their children are being put in danger by speeding traffic on narrow South Road, one of the main routes into Cupar.
Now Fife Council has agreed to introduce a part-time 20mph speed limit to persuade motorists to slow down when youngsters are walking to and from Castlehill Primary School.
The move was welcomed by those who have been campaigning for action but they also demanded to know whether a long-awaited pedestrian crossing promised by a supermarket giant will ever be created.
Tesco was given planning permission for a larger store in South Road almost four years ago but work is yet to start. A spokeswoman said residents were delighted part of the street was to be declared a 20mph zone.
She said: “We hope the work can start soon and help make South Road a safer place for everyone living in the area as well as for many children and parents walking to and from Castlehill Primary School.
“It is really important that drivers get the message that they must slow down.”
But she added: “What is really needed is a proper pedestrian crossing as the only crossing point is the island opposite Tesco and, very often, pedestrians are still taking their lives in their hands crossing here.
“A lot depends on the new Tesco store as it had associated road improvements but we can’t see this ever coming to fruition. Fife Council needs to get tough with Tesco and get a clear answer about their intentions for Cupar.
“If they don’t intend to build then we need to look at other ways of funding a proper crossing for the long term.”
Council traffic and transport team leader Murray Hannah said a part-time rather than full-time speed limit struck a balance between protecting children and maintaining traffic flow on part of the A914 between Glenrothes and St Andrews.
He said: “This is a major route running through a residential area so there was a need for compromise.”
Double yellow lines are to be painted at two sections of the road to ease flow of traffic.