Dumfries and Galloway (D&G) Council is underway with a significant roads repair programme across the region.

Due to a recent prolonged period of extreme weather, a team of inspectors and technical staff have been deployed across the district to assess the damage on routes and structures.

A schedule of work has now been drawn up to deal with the repairs.

Councillor Archie Dryburgh said: "Over the last few years, we've made significant improvements in the quality and quantity of work on our roads maintenance programme.

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"Obviously, our region has recently experienced a prolonged period of adverse weather, which has caused significant further damage to our roads infrastructure.

"However, despite ongoing weather issues, our fully resourced crews are now out on our roads to deliver our repairs programme. Our policy is to carry out permanent repairs first-time wherever possible.

"This, along with our investment in training, plant and equipment, means that we have been able to carry out more repairs and better repairs as we strive to reduce the number of defects on our roads."

Dumfries and Galloway has the third longest roads network in Scotland, with 4,151km of roads to maintain.

(LM/JP)