A four-year wait to reopen a route near a village is approaching the end of the road.
The C61a Waterbeck to Dunnabie Road in Annandale and Eskdale has been closed since March 2019 after becoming deteriorated by Scottish Power cabling works in 2014.
Emergency and then “temporary” road closures were installed but legal wrangling between the local authority and ScottishPower continually pushed back repair work.