A road will reopen ahead of schedule this weekend after a 200ft-deep sinkhole forced its closure in January.

A section of Kilbowie Road in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, was shut after the 8ft-long hole appeared.

The subsidence was initially thought to be just 6ft deep but later inspection revealed it plummeted to depths of 200ft due to an unrecorded mineshaft.

The shaft has now been filled in and the road is due to open this weekend, despite initial estimates it could take as long as six months.

Engineers said the mineshaft dropped to a depth equivalent to 14 stacked double-decker buses.

The Coal Authority was called in to fill the mineshaft, with this work being completed in April.

West Dunbartonshire Council said swift progress in repairing the road meant it could be reopened by Monday.

Ronnie Dinnie, the council's environment leader, said: "This has been one of the most complicated road repairs imaginable and the council has worked very closely with experts from the Coal Authority and various utility service firms to get Kilbowie Road safely repaired and reopened as fast as possible.

"We apologise once again for the disruption caused since January, but we are delighted to be able to open the road ahead of schedule."

He added: "The recent good weather has allowed our teams to make excellent progress and we have also benefited from the meticulous preparation work carried out to ensure that the final stages went smoothly.

"Ensuring that utility pipework was properly protected throughout was another major challenge and the plans put in place to that end have also helped us reach this stage quicker than we had anticipated."