A new community footbridge has been installed at Blyth Bridge in the Scottish Borders.

The walkway was built as part of Scottish Water's £7.6 million improvements project on the Talla Aqueduct.

It was erected over a redundant water pipe as a goodwill gesture towards the local community following work carried out in the area between February 2014 and July 2015.

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The bridge was built through a collaboration between Scottish Water, Farrans Construction, Colin Devenney Plant Hire, G S Howieson Agricultural Contractor and A&L Ltd. Mechanical Installations.

Bill Elliot, Community Team Manager at Scottish Water, said: "As a thanks, we wanted provide something for the locals and ramblers to use as part of the Scottish Borders and Tweed Valley path networks to cross the Tarth Water in a safer way than using the unpaved road bridge which was felt to be a hazard.

"We hope that everyone in the area gets great use out of the new walkway for many years to come."

(LM)