Houses set to be demolished after discovery of carbon dioxide infiltration.
Houses built on a former Midlothian coal mine are set to be demolished after carbon dioxide was discovered seeping into the properties.
Officials are recommending all 64 homes on Gorebridge’s Newbyres Crescent estate are flattened before a special gas membrane is installed at the site.
The plan is then to rebuild the development.
Councillors are due to make a decision on the recommendations at a council meeting on Tuesday.
If the proposals get the go ahead then residents in the council estate would be relocated for up to six months.
The £6m development was built eight years ago. It has been estimated that to build a new development would cost £12 million.
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