WORK will carried out on drains in Selkirk in a bid to prevent further damage to a crumbling wall.

And drainage repairs will also take place outside a nearby nursing home to stop standing water cutting off the entrance.

Over the past four or five years a roadside wall at Dunsdale Road has began to crumble.

Fears have previously been expressed that the structure could collapse onto the carriageway.

Engineers believe that standing water caused by faulty drains is responsible.

Local councillor Gordon Edgar explained: "We feel that the standing water on Dunsdale Road is being splashed against the wall by passing vehicles and this has caused the stonework to start coming away.

"I have been listening to the concerns and the complaints about this problem and work is scheduled to begin on repairing the drains at the start of next year."

Also scheduled for repairs during next January, February and March are drains at Bridge Street.

Residents at Riverside Healthcare Centre are regularly unable to leave the home due to deep standing water.

Neighbour Doug Purves said: "I have been complaining about this problem for years - it is high time it was fixed."

Selkirk Community Council chairman Alistair Pattullo produced several photographs of the standing water from last week following heavy rain.

The cost of the drainage repairs at Dunsdale Road and Bridge Street is expected to be around £7,500.