FENCES round an area where radiation particles have been removed from Dalgety Bay beach will remain in place.

Members of Fife Council's South and West Fife area committee were given an update on the project at their meeting on Wednesday.

Nina Patton, from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) said they are still waiting to be able to remove the fencing and begin checks of the site.

"We are awaiting this documentation to have to a true record of the works in order to deem that the remediation has been done to the correct standard, then we will start verification monitoring," she explained.

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"Once we have deemed these reports to be satisfactory, we can advise when the fencing can be removed."

Committee convener David Barratt is keen to see the barrier surround moved away.

"The public have been excluded from an area and it has caused a bit of frustration locally," he said.

"I don't think notices have been put up on the fences explaining why it is there. Some of the public have been blaming the sailing club saying they are trying to exclude members of the public from having access and it has caused a lot of public frustration."

Ms Patton added: "We are equally as frustrated not to have the documentation to be able to have that fencing removed. We believe the documentation should be coming in the next month or two."

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The radioactive contamination in Dalgety Bay was discovered in 1990 but the beach wasn't closed off until 2010 when particles with very high readings were found.

Warning signs were also put up while pressure was ramped up on the Ministry of Defence to take responsibility and pay for the clean-up.

They eventually did so and after numerous false starts and delays, work began in May 2021.

It was due to be completed in 2022 but continued into a third year before being finished by the MoD's contractor last year.