£1.2 MILLION SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON A92 BETWEEN LOCHGELLY AND CARDENDEN BEGIN SUNDAY 18^TH AUGUST

Amey is undertaking a £1.2 million project improving road safety on two miles of the A92 between Lochgelly and Cardenden from Sunday 18th August to Friday 11th October.

The project will see improvements made to two miles (3.3km) of the vehicle barrier restraint systems on the central reserve of the A92, from the A92 slip roads for Lochgelly to Cardenbarns Overbridge near Cardenden.

The work, which Amey is completing on behalf of Transport Scotland, will benefit more than 48,000 vehicles who use this route each day.

Work to upgrade the barrier restraint system will take place overnight from Sunday to Thursday each week between 7.30pm and 6.30am. There will be no traffic management in place on Friday and Saturday nights.

From Sunday 18th August to Friday 27th September work will take place under lane 2 closures on both the east and west A92 carriageways. There will also be the need for occasional overnight convoy working.

There will be a full closure of the A92 eastbound carriageway from Sunday 29th September to Friday 4th October, and from Sunday 6th October to Friday 11th October, between 7.30pm and 6.30am each night.

A convoy system will also be in operation on the westbound carriageway on these dates and times.

Please be advised that there will be an increase in journey times at this location during the A92 eastbound closure and road users should plan their journeys in advance and allow for extra travel time.

During the A92 eastbound closure, traffic travelling eastbound can exit the A92 at the off-slip for Lochgelly and turn north onto the B9149. They can then follow the B9149 to the roundabout at Auchterderran Road and turn right onto the B981 and head to Auchterderran.

At Auchterderran traffic can turn right onto the B981 Main Street/Station Road and then left onto the B981 Cardenden Road leading to Cluny. At Cluny, traffic can turn right onto the B981 road leading to Chapel Junction at Kirkcaldy, where they can rejoin the A92 eastbound.

There will be a 50mph speed limit in place for the duration of the works due to a temporary barrier being in place.

Traffic management will be lifted each morning at 6.30am before being put back in place each night at 7.30pm.

Please note, all schemes are weather dependent and may be cancelled or rescheduled if weather conditions are not favourable.

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