ICYMI: Pupils open new bridge
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A NEW bridge linking Smithton and Culloden has been opened by pupils from Culloden Academy.
The new link at Old Smiddy Lane has been funded as part of the Inverness City Active Travel Network (ICATN), a
£6.5 million investment by Transport Scotland and Highland Council to improve walking and cycling facilities.
The new bridge, replacing a previous link, has been built to allow walkers, cyclists, people with prams and those in wheelchairs to pass each other more easily.
The approach path has also been improved to tackle drainage issues.
Vice chairman of the council’s environment, development and infrastructure committee, Councillor Trish Robertson, said: “It is a significant improvement to the local path network, enabling local people to walk and cycle, enjoy the woodlands and to reach the local schools and amenities.”
Fiona McInally, programme manager for Inverness City Active Travel Network, said: “This is the first in a series of interventions across the Inverness city area for active travel.”
