An in-depth review is to be carried out into the beleaguered Dunfermline flood prevention scheme, which has caused “grinding misery”.
SNP councillor Neale Hanvey earlier called for a probe into the ill-fated scheme amid claims its cost could spiral to £30 million.
Mr Hanvey raised his concerns with environment, finance and corporate services scrutiny committee chairman Dave Dempsey.
Now Mr Dempsey has confirmed the project will come under the microscope as soon as it is completed.
He said: “I know it may seem there have been periods when things have gone quiet but I want to give an assurance the scrutiny committee has been keeping an eye on this project.
“I know people may feel there are still unanswered questions to be resolved and wondered why reports were heard in private.
“Reports on this project have had to be discussed in that way because they concerned complex contractual issues which were commercially sensitive and couldn’t be discussed publicly.
“Ongoing legal proceedings have also meant the council couldn’t discuss the details but councillors have had regular updates.”
He said problems had been well documented but the sensible time for a review to identify any lessons to be learned was at the end of the work.
Welcoming Mr Dempsey’s continued commitment to scrutinising the project, Mr Hanvey added: “He is correct that there is a need to ensure no further material factor is allowed to impede a full and robust investigation into the scheme.
“However, we must not allow such legal argument to become unnecessarily protracted and further prolong the resolution that the residents and Fifers need.”
“It is extremely frustrating that the political stewardship of this project has ostensibly fallen to opposition councillors, as no one in the Labour administration has shown any real leadership or taken any responsibility for the grinding misery of the residents,” he added.