I have been asking council officers what is happening about the Murray Road landslip in Newtonhill … and today I received an update. Work is going on in the background.

I was told that there are a range of potential options that can be considered for this location. Colleagues in the Kincardine & Mearns Roads Service are looking to procure the services of specialist geotechnical engineering consultants to do an investigation and prepare a design, depending on which option they would prefer to go with.

The Roads Services team is the lead for landslips affecting the road network. Various pieces of information are being collated, including an outline brief.

It was in August 2020 that the landslip occurred, due to heavy rains. Part of the cliff face slipped towards the beach, taking parts of gardens with it. There were concerns that the public road could also be at risk, and as a precaution barriers and cones were placed along the road. Unfortunately high winds has blown the barriers over the cliff.