WORK to stabilise ground in a Saltcoats street that collapsed late last year due to "unrecorded coal minings" has now been completed.

According to The Coal Authority, the final works to landscape the site in Sharphill Road will finish today (Friday, September 30) following the completion of the drilling and grouting phase.

Eight homes were demolished after being left in a "dangerous state of repair" following the incident 12 months ago, which saw 10 residents evacuated to safety in the early hours when the block of flats began to subside.

The most recent stage of the remedial works, which began at the end of June, was originally scheduled to take eight weeks to complete.

A briefing from The Coal Authority this week said: "Work to stabilise the affected subsidence has now been completed and the final works to landscape the site have commenced and will be completed by Friday, September 30.

"The stabilised ground will need to be monitored for a period of 24 months, which will ensure that our stabilisation work has been successful.

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"The site will be managed during this period but we would encourage any resident to contact The Coal Authority should there be any damage, vandalism or rubbish left that would affect this site."

The update also stated that The Coal Authority intends to "sell this land to the local authority for potential redevelopment" once they are confident that the land monitoring has been successful.

However, Saltcoats and Stevenston councillor Jim Montgomerie claimed North Ayrshire Council is "not aware of any discussion to purchase this ground".

A North Ayrshire Council spokesperson said: “We are not aware of The Coal Authority’s intention to sell the land at Sharphill Road following completion of the stabilisation works and have had no correspondence with them over the future of the land to date.”

The Coal Authority update added: "We apologise for any inconvenience that this project has caused and we have been grateful for your support and patience throughout this time."