A contract has been awarded for the construction of a new passenger gangway to provide step free access to the MV Loch Seaforth at the Stornoway ferry terminal.
The new walkway should be completed by next summer and will avoid the need for passengers to board and disembark using the car deck.
The Highland Council has published its latest set of proposals for improvements to Academy Street Inverness with wider pavements and upgraded traffic lights to give priority to pedestrians.
Raised footways would also be introduced at the Rose Street and Falcon Square junctions. The work is planned to be carried out between January and March next year and the full proposals can be seen at a drop in session at the Food Hall of The Victorian Market tomorrow, Wednesday, between 10 and 2 o’clock.
The Applecross Inn has been named by the Good Food Guide as one of eight Scottish pubs in the Guide’s 100 Best Pubs of the year in the whole of the UK.
The Inn is stated to be at the end of the nail bitingly vertiginous Beallach Na Ba pass and legendary for its food, craic and magnificently idyllic location.
Work has started on the first Direct electricity connection between the Western Isles and the Scottish mainland following a ground breaking ceremony last week at the Lewis Hub site at Arinish Moor.
Contractor RJ McLeod will carry out the first major package of construction works to prepare the site for the HVDC converter station, AC substation and associated infrastructure.
