"...The road is the catalyst for a great many exciting opportunities.”
Cllr
Gray
According to THC
Press Release :
...Exciting
plans for the future development of the Torvean/Ness-side areas of
Inverness, together with the timetable for proceeding with the£27.2
million Inverness West Link Road were revealed today (Friday) by senior
members of The Highland Council.
Council Leader Drew Hendry was joined by Depute Leader David Alston , Convener Jimmy Gray , and Leader of the City of Inverness Area Committee Ian Brown and Planning and Development Chairman Thomas Prag in
highlighting the huge potential to make Inverness a better connected city,
provide much-needed affordable housing and create a recreational/sporting hub
in the west of the city, the equal of any in Scotland.
The “golden opportunity” to boost the city’s
economy and wellbeing, they say, is being made possible by the construction of
the Inverness West Link Road, which will provide a new transport link from the
Southern Distributor Road at Dores Road to the A82 trunk road at General Booth
Road via a fixed link across the River Ness and the Caledonian Canal.
I must admit I am somewhat bemused by Cllr Prag's
comment, "...safeguarding some of
the city’s most valuable assets, e.g. Whin Park, Canal Pitches etc from
development." Presumably what the council is proposing
does not mean safeguarding the asset that is the land that the road will be
built on.
For more details click on the link above.
Update:
'...Senior Highland councillors have welcomed plans by Scottish Canals to consider a new marina and associated tourist attractions and housing at Torvean, Inverness, in tandem with the construction of the Inverness West Link Road and the development of a recreational/sporting hub in the Torvean/Ness-side area...'
(The 'West Link' is what used to be called 'Phase V of the Southern Distributor Road')
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