MOTORISTS are being advised to avoid an area of Halbeath Road when resurfacing work starts on Thursday, July 6. 

Fife Council will be digging up the tarmac and replacing the section between the roundabout at the Asda store and Pittsburgh Road. 

The job will cost around £220,000 and is expected to take three weeks, until Friday July 28.

It’s the second phase of carriageway resurfacing on Halbeath Road, with work last summer upgrading the traffic lights at the Whitefield Road junction and laying a smoother surface from the railway bridge up to the Asda roundabout. 

Temporary traffic lights were used and there were major delays but this summer the council will use a contraflow system to allow the traffic to flow more easily. 

A spokesman explained: “We’ll shut one side and the other carriageway will have one lane for eastbound traffic and one lane for westbound. When that carriageway is finished, we’ll swap over. This way, there’s always at least one lane open in both directions.”

Bus stops within the works will be closed and signs will direct passengers to the nearest stop.  

He added: “The schools will be out for the summer and the college will be finished so hopefully there will be less traffic. But it is a main route through Dunfermline and, while we’re keen to try and keep the traffic flowing as best we can, there will be delays. 

“Motorists should try and avoid the area and choose an alternative route if they can.”