IT was Groundhog Day for councillors forced to re-live a November meeting when they approved a plan for speed bumps in Crossgates.

Last week, due to "an administrative oversight" at Fife Council, they had to consider the very same proposals all over again.

And they had to deal with another objection to the traffic calming at Inverkeithing Road having dismissed one last time out.

The mix-up means the safety measures, to slow traffic on the approach to the village, have been delayed.

In a report, transportation chief Ken Gourlay admitted: "Due to an administrative oversight outwith the direct control of transportation, another objection was received during the formal consultation period that was only discovered after the committee on November 30 2016."

Although it was exactly the same objection that had been dealt with and dismissed by the Cowdenbeath Area Committee in November, it had been submitted by a different person and had to be considered all over again at last week's meeting.

"Not surprisingly, the plan was approved with speed cushions to be installed near Thistle Court and at the existing give / take build-out just north of Muir Court. The overall cost will be £3,000".

A speed survey found that less than half of the vehicles on the road adhered to the speed limit.

The objectors were concerned that a speed cushion would "increase ground borne vibrations and noise levels at their property".

However, the council highlighted Transport Research Laboratory's study, which said "vibrations large enough to cause even superficial damage to buildings were only present less than one metre from a speed cushion".

Concerns about the effects that vehicles travelling over speed cushions would have on disused mine shafts in the area were also dismissed.

Mr Gourlay said: "As many properties along this part of Inverkeithing Road are fairly recently built, the expectation is that any mine workings within their vicinity would have had to have been stabilised during their construction.

"In any event we have noted no subsidence on the carriageway at any point which could be attributable to adjacent mine workings."

He added that in Fife "there have never been any cases of vertical features being responsible for carriageway damage due to the presence of mine workings".

The objectors also had concerns about stationary vehicles generating fumes, occupants discarding their litter and increased difficulties accessing their driveway.

The council said there was "no evidence" that the speed cushion would contribute to those effects.