River and rail combine to improve Leven connectivity
January 13 2025
Fife Council has signed off on a £6m active travel route alongside the River Leven to connect newly opened rail stations at Leven and Cameron Bridge.
The cash will fund 3km of new and upgraded shared paths, opening up access to the river for communities along the route. New lighting, railings and seating will be incorporated as part of this work as well as landscape improvements.
Councillor Altany Craik commented: “Now that the new Levenmouth railway line is operational, these new River Park Routes will help improve connectivity for walking, cycling and wheeling for local communities and link the new rail stations at Cameron Bridge and Leven and surrounding communities via new bridges at Duniface and Mountfleurie.
“This project will ensure that a coherent and complete network of paths is available to encourage and support active travel in the area.”
The council's road maintenance department will deliver the project this spring through the SCAPE Civil Engineering Framework for completion by March 2026.
An additional route along Methilhaven Road, including a pedestrian and cycle bridge, has been delayed pending funding support from Transport Scotland and Sustrans.
New and upgraded paths will boost connectivity
Residential areas will benefit from new links to the River Leven
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4 Comments
'Can you measure 91m from that bell mouth for the 100 yards to the junction sign, please?'
It's idiotic.
The sooner we let go of inches, yards, miles and miles per hour the better - 'Reform, Gammon and Snowflakes' will get over the attack on their sovereignty, eventually...
Oh, and I agree, £6m seems a high. Land purchases perhaps pushing up the rates?
My work experience is in millimetres.
However I still don't know the exact extent of the project described above and it all seems very expensive.
Opportunity cost springs to mind but we don't really talk about such details in today's world.
Good work if you can get it apparently.
Might even give up the day job and go and help out as am pretty sure I could single-handedly build about 500m of it myself in less than a year.
Either that or go into finance and get even higher sums for doing absolutely nothing of any value.
New bridges -- part of the project?
Article is not very clear -- focus is on paths.
Surely not cheap gravel paths?
Do we not measure distances in miles not kilometres -- surely not fishing for a bigger number?
Connect two railway stations -- surely you just a buy a ticket and take the train?
£6mill -- someone is having a laugh.