Other work includes new flood walls and embankments in the city centre and the level of some sections of road at North Bridge has also been slightly raised.

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The council said "many years of winter gritting" had "contaminated the reinforced concrete supporting the bridge" across County Road North.

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His co-accused Nicole Kane, 18, also of Croft Road, Hawick, denied stealing a quantity of metal from the North Bridge Street property.

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It will provide a new north to south route with a bridge over the River Tone, near Goodland Gardens, linking Wellington Road to Bridge Street.

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"The Forth Road Bridge has provided 25 million vehicles every year with a connection between communities north and south of the Forth estuary whilst acting as a vital link in Scotland's transport network, " he said.

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