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Eugene Clarke at the Levenmouth railway set to be reopened in 2023.
Rail campaigners are celebrating after councillors voted to save discounted rail travel for older and disabled passengers in the Kingdom.
Campaigners had branded plans to scrap the concessionary scheme – which offers off peak travel for only a £1 – “utter madness”.
The scheme allows passengers who are over 60 or disabled to travel at the heavily discounted rate between Fife stations.
But members of Fife Council’s policy and coordination committee voted against a working group’s proposals to axe the policy in favour of more bus travel.
Fife rail campaigners delighted after £1 journey scheme for older passengers dodges the axe
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FEARS that the Kingdom would miss out on a share of £150 million for flood prevention measures have been allayed by the Scottish Government. Fife Council officers told the policy and co-ordination committee on Thursday that the funding, announced in September as part of the Programme for Government, had already been earmarked for existing projects and there was no new money they could bid for. However, this has been denied by ministers, who say the funding will be allocated to local authorities next month following discussions with umbrella body Cosla. The £150m will be allocated over five years, on top of an existing £42m grant spread across Scotland’s local authorities each year.
Fife communities set to miss out on £150m flood cash windfall
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Fife Council will not benefit from any of the £150m extra flood cash.
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Communities deluged by repeated flooding across Fife have been told they will not be eligible for a slice of the recent £150 million committed by the Scottish Government to target hardest hit regions.
Council officers say the new fund, a top up to a £42 million Holyrood commitment already in place, will only be available to cover the increased costs of flood projects that have already been earmarked, and Fife has none.
WEST FIFE councillors are calling for more grit bins after calls from constituents about dangerous conditions in the recent big freeze. The number of bins in Fife were reduced following a public consultation two years ago to make savings but some think Fife Council went too far. Dunfermline North councillor Gavin Ellis said some residents were putting themselves in danger to get to grit bins, particularly in parts of Townhill. There are quite few cul-de-sacs where people are walking down hills to get to grit bins and this week I m going to check whether yellow bins could be moved to more sensible locations, the Conservative councillor told the Press.
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