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£2.7m Inverness bridge set to open to pedestrians and cyclists later this month


By Val Sweeney

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The north bridge linking Inverness Campus and Inverness Shopping Park was originally due to be completed last summer.

Work halted as it emerged a legal agreement between Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), Network Rail and Highland Council had not been finalised.

Contractors returned to the site at the end of last year and have now completed the structure which crosses the main Inverness-Perth railway line.

Ruaraidh Macneil, HIE’s Inverness Campus project director, said it will provide a link to the north end of the campus.

“It will improve access to and from the campus by extending the low-carbon travel options that have formed part of the development from the outset,” he added. “We hope to be able to open the bridge to pedestrians and cyclists by the end of June.

“Following the Covid-19 lockdown, it is expected the bridge will open to buses as part of wider improvements to the public transport network.”

The bridge will not be open to private vehicles.

The installation of the bridge was a key condition set down by the council when it granted planning permission for the campus development in 2011.

It said the structure had to be completed before it would allow more than 50,000 sq m of development on the site.

It will be the second bridge linking the campus with the business and retail park.

The Drumrosach bridge at the south end of the site is a popular route used around 2500 times a week by pedestrians and cyclists.

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