A TEMPORARY one-way system has been in introduced in Jedburgh to allow work to be carried out to a privately-owned dangerous building.

The new arrangement, which began on Monday (June 4), has seen a section of the High Street become one-way southbound from Jewellers Wynd to Canongate southbound, and a section of Exchange Street one-way northbound from High Street to Friarsgate.

This one-way system is required to extend scaffolding onto the road to allow for repairs to be carried out to the building, which has significant structural issues and needs extensive work to make it safe.

The disruption is expected to last 40 weeks, and a temporary walkway has also been introduced around the scaffolding to allow pedestrians to still use High Street and Exchange Street.

Signage is in place to make people aware of the temporary arrangement.

A joint statement by Jedburgh and District councillors Jim Brown, Scott Hamilton, Sandy Scott said: “The High Street dangerous building is a complex and long running issue, but the council is making progress and needs to introduce this temporary one-way system to carry out further repairs.

“The council is looking at various options for the future of the building, and a report is expected to be discussed later this year.

“We thank townsfolk for their patience so far, and would ask they comply with the temporary one-way system.”