A £1.6M legal action is about to get underway relating to the construction of the Borders Railway.
Scottish Borders Council have launched a compensation claim against Network Rail for the repair of roads, bridges and walls which were damaged during the building of the £300 million line.
A hearing is scheduled to take place at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Wednesday, June 21.
It is understood talks at a resolution with Network Rail which owns and manages Scotland's rail infrastructure broke down with several matters still in dispute.
The claim centres on the catalogue of damage inflicted on and around the A7 corridor north of Galashiels – detrunked and the the responsibility of the council since 1994 .
It is said this happened in the weeks before the railway opened in September, 2015.
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