Building work is under way on a bonfire at a North Belfast interface which became the focus of political and community tensions last summer.
Pallets are being stacked at the site at Adam Street in the loyalist Tigers Bay area near an interface with the mainly nationalist New Lodge.
Last July nationalist politicians had called for the removal of the Eleventh Night bonfire, saying homes in the neighbouring New Lodge had come under attack.
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But unionist politicians rejected this, insisting it was an expression of culture and accusing nationalist leaders of raising tensions.
A High Court bid by two Stormont ministers to compel the PSNI to assist in removing the bonfire failed after police warned it would create a "real and immediate risk to life".
The legal action by Sinn Féin Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey and then SDLP Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon cost their departments more than £22,500. It also cost the PSNI more than £10,000 in legal fees.
Ms Mallon at the time defended the court bid, saying she was "standing up to the threat of loyalist paramilitary violence".
A judge in September ruled the Adam Street pyre had been used by some loyalists to "intimidate and terrorise" residents in the New Lodge area by hitting golf balls, throwing bricks and singing sectarian songs.
Mr Justice Horner said it was "intimidation of the worst kind" and was "designed to incite, to try and produce a visceral reaction".
In January, loyalist activist Jamie Bryson pursued judicial review proceedings against the two ministers, contending that they should have secured the approval of the wider Stormont Executive before taking court action against the PSNI.
But a judge dismissed his challenge on the basis that the issue was now academic.
The bonfire passed off without major incident on the Eleventh Night last year.
However, a tricolour was placed on the pyre before it was set alight and at one point a laser was shone from the New Lodge area towards the crowd.
There was also a significant police presence and fire crews had to cool the back of a neighbouring building.
The disused Adam Street site currently provides access onto Duncairn Gardens via an interface gate.
In recent months, the Department for Infrastructure sought an abandonment order for Adam Street.
Under the law it means the street would cease to be maintainable by the department and any public right of way would be removed.
The department has previously insisted the "footway link will be retained". It said it hoped the abandonment would facilitate a "redevelopment" of the site.
According to legal papers, the Department for Communities and Invest NI own parts of the area being abandoned and the disused road would revert back to their ownership.
The neighbouring North City Business Centre has plans to redevelop the site with extra enterprise accommodation, according to the documents.
In February it emerged a Belfast City Council internal report had warned the local authority risks being held liable for nuisance, damage or injury caused by bonfires built on its land.
Last December, Stormont published a long-delayed report on tackling flags and bonfires disputes, but no action plan was agreed on implementing any of its recommendations.
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