Work to repair a damaged section of road in West Dunbartonshire is now complete.

The Kilbowie Road in Clydebank was shut earlier this year after a section of the route collapsed in January.

Specialist engineers were called in to examine the damage and discovered a six-metre deep cavity on top of a 56-metre deep shaft – dropping to a depth equivalent of 14 double decker buses.

The Coal Authority were alerted and it was initially predicted the road would reopen in six months time, due to the project being complicated by the presence of major utility pipes and cables.


However, the Coal Authority completed their works in April and thanks to dry weather/efficient preparatory work on the site, the council has completed its repairs and plans to reopen the road by Monday, 15 May.

Ronnie Dinnie, Strategic Lead for Environment & Neighbourhood, said: "This has been one of the most complicated road repairs imaginable and the Council has worked very closely with experts from the Coal Authority and various utility service firms to get Kilbowie Road safely repaired and reopened as fast as possible.

"The recent good weather has allowed our teams to make excellent progress and we have also benefited from the meticulous preparation work carried out to ensure that the final stages went smoothly. Ensuring that utility pipework was properly protected throughout was another major challenge and the plans put in place to that end have also helped us reach this stage quicker than we had anticipated."

The process of reopening the road will start today, 12 May and will be completed over the weekend.

(LM)