A £100,000 wall repairs project is to begin in Selkirk.

Work to mend the retaining wall at the Glen Hotel on Yarrow Terrace will get underway on Monday, 16 January.

A temporary one-way system has been in place on the northbound lane of Yarrow Terrace since May 2013 due to a dispute over who should pay for the repairs.

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An agreement was reached at the end of last year to allow the scheme to take place.

As part of the project, a two-week closure of Yarrow Terrace between Buccleuch Road and Ettrick Road will be required to allow anchors to be installed in the wall from Monday, 23 January.

Cllr Gordon Edgar said: "I am pleased work is finally to begin on the retaining wall on Yarrow Terrace.

"The two-week closure is unfortunately unavoidable due to the nature of the works taking place, but once the repairs have been fully completed Yarrow Terrace will return to a two-way road."

(LM)