Councillor Burns recently spent time at the three sites to get a progress update and meet the council staff, partners, and contractors involved.
Around £4.6 million was spent by the council to create a new precast concrete seawall in front of the existing seawall structure in Largs.
£4.6 million was spent on the Largs seawall (Image: North Ayrshire Council) The new seawall runs along a 325-metre stretch of the promenade between Aubery Crescent and the existing RNLI slipway.
It has also allowed for the promenade to be extended to the line of the new wall, while the steps to the beach have also been replaced, improving accessibility for visitors.
The old seawall, constructed in the 1970s, had deteriorated over time due to repeated exposure to seawater.
Its replacement will provide the town with optimum protection and support against wave activity and coastal erosion.
Montgomerie Park Primary is an eco-friendly school (Image: North Ayrshire Council) The promenade was also resurfaced, and work to construct the new seawall was delivered by contractors RJ McLeod on behalf of the council.
Councillor Burns said: “All three projects are fine examples of successful partnership working and of forward-thinking design.
“It was a real pleasure to visit both schools to meet the staff, council employees involved in the planning and construction process and – of course – the pupils.”
Two new recently opened schools, which cost around £30 million in total, Montgomerie Park Primary School in Irvine and Moorpark Primary School in the Garnock Valley, are now education hubs where children and staff have settled in.
Marie Burns got to meet the staff of Kilbirnie’s Moorpark Primary (Image: North Ayrshire Council) Montgomerie Park is eco-friendly and is the first ‘Passivhaus’ school the council has built.
At Moorpark Primary in Kilbirnie, headteacher Elaine Mann and depute headteacher Andrew McDonnell welcomed Councillor Burns.
This school also opened earlier this year and has 12 primary classes and a 24-place early years facility.