Highland Council confirms it spent Scottish Government active travel funding to repair potholes at its HQ
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Highland Council has confirmed that it used Scottish Government active travel for schools funding to repair potholes around the local authority headquarters in Inverness.
The council says the cash was used to make “road safety and active travel improvements” for pedestrians and cyclists accessing the HQ grounds from Bishops Road and along the front of Glenurquhart Road.
The Cycling Walking and Safer Routes budget goes directly to local authorities, which active travel minister Patrick Harvie says aims to “make walking, wheeling and cycling the natural choice for shorter everyday journeys.”
How much more “natural” journeys through the council HQ will be remains to be seen though the move could prove controversial amid incredibly tight budgets and cuts placing huge demands on resources.
A council spokeswoman said: “We can confirm that the Cycling, Walking and Safer Routes Scottish Government grant funding was used to make the road safety and active travel improvements to the pedestrian/cyclist access through HQ from Bishops Road and along the front on Glenurquhart Road.
“During these works some potholes were repaired on the access road from Glenurquhart Road to improve safety for cyclists accessing the cycle storage around the building and those travelling actively through the site.”
