A BOLLARD has been installed to stop drivers using Dunfermline Cemetery as a "short cut".
Fife Council have restricted vehicle access and also said there were "major issues" with football fans attending Dunfermline Athletic matches who use the graveyard as a "car park".
Press reader Julie McLeod had got in touch to question why a bollard had been installed at the western entrance to the cemetery.
Liz Murphy, the council's bereavement services manager, said: "It is unfortunate we have had to close the Leys Park Road entrance to traffic but it's being misused by traffic using it as a short cut.
"There has been significant damage caused to the cemetery roads as a result.
"There are also major issues with football traffic using the cemetery as a car park for home games.
"The bollard will be taken down for access for funeral cars."
The main entrance to the cemetery, off Halbeath Road, remains open to vehicles.
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