Levenmouth Area Committee - Prom maintenance

Levenmouth councillors have agreed funding towards a range of maintenance activities along Leven Promenade over the next 18 months or so.
Members of the Levenmouth Area Committee backed plans to use up to £48,500 from a combination of the ward 21 Local Community Planning Budget (LCPB) and the Community Renewal Fund (CRF) to carry out a number of interventions designed to improve the Prom’s appearance and amenity.
The work will include access improvements to recreational grass areas and the beach, the introduction of accessible picnic benches, and repairs to the brick wall from the skateboard park to the end of the Prom.
There will also be work to support the development of sand dunes which, in time, will strengthen coastal protection and improve conservation and biodiversity. Signage will be put in place to explain what is being done to support dune development and how it will contribute to climate change.
Councillor Colin Davidson, convener of Levenmouth Area Committee, noted that most of the improvements planned will take place on the area of the Promenade not currently within the scope of the ongoing master planning exercise for the area.
“These improvements should make a noticeable difference to the Promenade and will complement any future proposals that come forward for the Prom following our recent consultation,” he said.
“These will be quick wins from an environmental perspective, and we all want to see the most made out of what is one of the town’s biggest assets.”
Plans to clad all brick work flower beds with decking to improve their appearance were supported but have been put on hold until a review of proposals to reconstruct the sea wall have been undertaken.
Work will be carried out by maintenance teams from Fife Coast and Countryside Trust, who have a partial responsibility for the Promenade area along with Fife Council Grounds Maintenance.
A separate application to the Leven Common Good Fund to support further improvements is also in the pipeline.
Meanwhile, as part of the wider Levenmouth Connectivity Project, councillors approved plans to introduce raised tables at the entrance to the new Levenmouth Rail Link and Sports Centre Car Park and both accesses to the existing Promenade Car Park to provide continuous footways.
Continuous footways on raised tables improve road safety by reducing vehicle approach and turning speeds as well as giving clear priority to pedestrians and cyclists at road crossing points.