Bulldozers could be sent into the Station Hotel after council chiefs finally lost patience with the saga in the centre of Ayr.
The Victorian pile, which is draining the public purse of £60,000 per month in scaffolding costs, is now on borrowed time, the Ayrshire Post understands.
Another consultant will be employed — at a cost of £25,000 — to prepare a report on “permanent safety works” at the site.
