KEEN walkers no longer have to "play chicken" with the traffic after Fife Council put in a new footpath in Crossford.
They've constructed a country lane on Waggon Road, between the Coal Bridge over the Lyne Burn and the railway bridge, which means pedestrians no longer have to take their chances on the road.
Crossford Community Council said they have been campaigning for the path for years and spokesperson Alastair Hibbert said: "This new path, officially designated as Core Path 668, makes a formerly hazardous stretch of road for walkers much safer.
"As one resident put it on the Crossford Facebook page, 'We no longer need to play chicken with the cars as they zoom round the blind corners!'"
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Ironically, the new footpath begins outside the Glendevon Poultry Farm and is already proving popular.
Mr Hibbert added: "It's really transformed the walking routes around the village.
"Fife Council have put in a 200 metres stretch that joins four core paths. It's brilliant.
"There used to be a two foot drop and a stone dyke on one side of the road and a heap of earth on the other so there was nowhere to walk other than at the side of the road.
"You used to take your life in your hands walking down there as the cars would come flying around the corner at 60mph and you'd have two seconds to get out of the way!
"That little stretch of footpath joins a lot of walking routes that people use and it's popular, there are people walking up and down there all the time."
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