DESPITE objections from a resident speed cushions are to go down on the road leading into Crossgates from the south.

Cowdenbeath Area Committee was told by the Roads Department's Phil Clark that plans to construct one set of speed cushions on Inverkeithing Road at the gateway to the village and one single cushion at the existing give/take build out, were advertised in the autumn and brought one objection.

Mr Clark added: "The objector has concerns that the speed cushions will increase ground borne vibrations and noise levels and subsequently cause damage to their property.

"The Transport Research Laboratory carried out research on vibration levels from various traffic calming measures and findings were that for boulder clay, which is prevalent in the area vibrations large enough to cause superficial damage were only present 1m from a cushion.

"In the Crossgates case there are no buildings within this distance and indeed these are set back from the carriageway.

"The objector also has concerns that forces of vehicles traversing the speed cushions will have effects on disused mine shafts in the area."

He added: "As many properties along this party of Inverkeithing Road are fairly recently built the expectation is that any mine workings within their vicinity would have been stabilised during construction work. In any event we nave noted no subsidence onm the carriageway of any amount.

"The objector also has concerns about large vehicles being unable to negotiate the proposed speed cushion at the existing give/take build out but the sightlines and a narrower design of cushion will accommodate larger vehicles carrying out this manoeuvre."

Councillor Alistair Bain was of the opinion that the speed cushions would work to help limit the level of approach speed into Crossgates.

Mr Clark recommended that the points raised by the objector had been given full consideration and that the installation of cushions be permitted and this was unanimously agreed by the committee.