The final tenants have moved into the last 53 homes of the council's housing project in Airdrie.

The 150 new homes were built on the site of the former 138 flats on Dykehead Road.

The homes were built by contractor CCG (Scotland) and delivered by the North Lanarkshire Council.

The £25.5m project includes two and three-bedroom homes, one and two-bedroom cottage flats, three-bedroom wheelchair bungalows, two-bedroom wheelchair cottage flats, a three-bedroom wheelchair house, and two-bedroom amenity bungalows.

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Nineteen of these homes are net zero, featuring energy-saving measures including triple-glazed windows, air source heat pumps that control heating and store hot water, and PV panels.

The project is also supported by a grant-funded contribution of £9.7m from the Scottish Government.

Councillor Michael McPake, housing convener, said: "I’ve visited this site during the project build, and I’m delighted to be here to mark its completion.

"As part of our reprovisioning plans, towers on the site were demolished and replaced by modern, affordable homes.

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"The project created job opportunities for local people, provided community benefits and delivered these fantastic homes.

"We’re also building a greener future for our communities and families and our first net zero homes lead the way in using the latest technologies to make them more energy efficient and to help reduce our carbon footprint."

David Wylie, managing director of CCG, said: “CCG has been working with North Lanarkshire Council since 2019 and together, through a partnership that has been fostered on collaboration alongside our much-valued partners, we have transformed communities across the region.

"The completion of Dykehead Road is a significant milestone as its legacy transcends the development; not only is it the largest new build housing project to have been delivered thanks to our partnership, but it is also the first to have adopted the ‘CCG Net Zero Home’ build standard."