CLASS numbers have dropped for a Dunfermline-based yoga teacher since roadworks began in the city centre.

Susan David opened the doors of her wellness centre on Nethertown Broad Street back in March.

Breathe Yoga & Wellness has a main studio, a smaller studio, and two therapy rooms, which are also available for other teachers to hire.

However, the recent roadworks at Bothwell Gardens roundabout have led to delays and disruption across the city.

The £650,000 project has already received heavy criticism from motorists for the disruption caused.

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These works have had a significant impact on Susan and her business.

She commented: “It’s having an impact for me personally, it’s taking hours out my day trying to get here.

"So I have got to leave another 20 minutes earlier minimum to get here and then I have got to try and get across town where I teach other classes."

Susan revealed that the number of people attending her 6.20pm session has dropped and that she is “constantly left with empty spaces”.

She thinks that the works now mean that it is harder for some people to make it to the evening classes in time after leaving work.

“You have got people leaving early, and some people just can’t do it when they finish work.”

“The signs went up saying work would be getting done but we didn’t know to what extent, we didn’t know there would be four-way traffic lights up and down."

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The project will also include carriageway resurfacing and signal upgrades at the Elgin Street and Moodie Street crossroads.The project will also include carriageway resurfacing and signal upgrades at the Elgin Street and Moodie Street crossroads. (Image: David Wardle)

She added: “I can kind of cope with it, you just have to. It’s not like it will make the business close down or anything, it’s just not ideal or conducive.

“People are coming here stressed with one minute to spare. If the lights change, you’re 12 minutes waiting, and that’s if the cars let you out.”

Susan usually also does recordings in the studio, but she now can’t do that due to noise coming from diggers and other machinery.

She told the Press: “It would have been nice to be notified in advance and we could have told people. That would have just been nice.”

The roadworks are expected to continue for another 16 weeks, taking us into October.

The project will also include carriageway resurfacing and signal upgrades at the Elgin Street and Moodie Street crossroads.

John Mitchell, Head of Fife Council's Roads and Transportation Services, recently said that traffic is "now moving well" and delays would be kept down to a minimum.

He commented: “I’d like to take this opportunity to apologise for the disruption caused by the initial day of set up and signal adjustments.

"We appreciate that the initial delays caught people off guard and was understandably frustrating. I’m pleased to say that traffic is now moving well, and we will work with the contractor to ensure that delays are minimised as much as practically possible.

"An assessment of the effects of new development around the city, including housing, has identified the need for a range of improvements because of the scale of planned growth which includes 8,000 new homes, four new primary schools and development of employment land in the coming years."