Council spends £4500 replacing speed bumps
Graham Gibson • Published 22 Apr 2011 08:55
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CASH-STARPPED Fife Council is to spend more than £4500 replacing oversized speed bumps in Rosyth's Queensferry Road that caused vibrations in nearby homes.
Last week residents were stunned to find the humps on Queensferry Road had virtually vanished overnight after the local authority discovered they no longer met design requirements.
However, it will only provide a temporary respite for drivers as, having spent £1500 removing them, the council now plans to spend another £3000 building new speed cushions over the summer months.
Residents had complained that the obstacles were too big and traffic was causing vibrations in their homes and excess noise when vehicles travelled over the large humps.
Chairman of Rosyth Community Council, Mike Shirkie, was one resident who had no idea the bumps were about to be removed.
He said, "We'd been away on holiday and came back and saw they were away.
"I was as surprised as anybody.
"One group wanted them as it was a safety issue while another said they were too big and were causing problems.
"There were complaints of the noise from the traffic going over them, claiming they were too big and that houses either side could feel shaking."
Nearby resident Dave Greenwood was concerned that without the bumps the road would become another haven for boy racers in the intervening period.
He said, "You will now find probably a lot more people will use this road instead of the dual carriageway.
"Kids used to race down there before they put the bumps in. They were put there in the first place as a speed deterrent.
"They'll be flying down Queensferry Road now. Kids speeding was something that was always brought up at local police meetings."
Fife Council roads boss Frank Warrington confirmed the speed bumps would be replaced over the course of the summer months.
He said, "The width of the speed bumps complied with design requirements when they were installed but as those requirements have now changed we're now replacing them with slightly narrower ones.
"We certainly have had a number of complaints about vibration. We checked the levels of vibration and did an investigation into the sizes and we're changing them into the current specification to reduce the amount of vibration."
Asked if there were other areas of concern regarding the size of speed bumps, Mr Warrington said there were none that he was aware of and this was likely to be a one-off incident.
This article appeared in Dunfermline Press 22 Apr 11
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Smarmy Git
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Apr 22, 09:33
Report commentNot just put in average or normal speed cameras? One at the top of Queensferry Road, one at the bottom, no boy racers, no vibrations and the 'Cooncil' might even make a few bob into the bargain.
The best deterrent for speeding is a cash penalty, along with the fear of losing their licence but perhaps thats too much like radical thinking.
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Tam the Bam
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Apr 22, 11:58
Report commentAye Mr Greenwood, all the boy racers will be heading for Rosyth now as they've taken away the speed bumps...... get a grip man!
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Get a grip
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Apr 22, 15:23
Report commentHaha this is funny, I drive up and down that road all the time and even after they took the bumps away there haven't been any 'boy racers' rallying about... and its a good thing they are fixing them, they are way too high. If i was living next to it, i'd get more annoyed of the excessive noise from cars slowing down and revving up, than the occassional 'boy racer' driving past (at night). I think it's just something else some people can complain about.
However it could be said to get the potholes fixed before this.
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Jayc182
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Apr 23, 07:30
Report commentHas D press got it in for fife councill ?
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Smarmy Git
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Apr 23, 14:00
Report commentJayc, if Fife Council didn't exist the Dunni Press would be a 3 page Pars Fanzine............
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council tax payer
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Apr 24, 21:54
Report commentOh speed bumps what about the MASSIVE BIG POT HOLE THATS ON THE MAIN BLAIRWOOD ROAD ITS BEEN THERE LONG BEFORE THE BAD WEATHER CUM ON MPS IF U WANT OUR VOTES GET THE ROADS FIXED A.S.A.P.I dont no how many times ive just about hit a car trying to a void this BIG HOLE in blairwood main road in oakley.
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Jayc182
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Apr 26, 19:56
Report commentaye your right smarmy, nothing to do with the fact that the council does not spend so much in advertising with this paper
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watching
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Apr 27, 14:48
Report commentspot on with the council in the press, it reads like a council newspaper every week, getting fed up with it. I wish they would forget about speedbumps and just clean the roads up, I visit my son in Duloch and my daughter in Crossford and there streets are clean and tidy, but then I come back to Abbeyview and it is like a ghetto, I live in a council house but I still want it to be nice, it may not belong to me but it is my home, so clean it.
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Cheech Marin
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Apr 30, 02:38
Report commentNot Happy Jan >
It's when a bit of the joint your smoking falls out and burns your clothing leaving a small hole. NB see also hot rock burn.
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Jimbo
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May 15, 18:41
Report commentAren't they called speed cushions or pads or pillows? They must be real soft and comfy - can't see why folk complain ;)
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