Community sports hub secures £400k support
The Inverness Caledonian Thistle Community Development is leading the £1.28m project, which will create five jobs and around 50 volunteering opportunities.
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Contractor Balfour Beatty has begun mobilisation, and will be delivering some equipment, including fencing, site offices and generators.
It follows the announcement last Friday (9 October) of a £20m investment in Cairngorm, by the Scottish Government and Highlands and Islands Enterprise to sustain Cairngorm as a year-round attraction and important national asset.
The investment includes the costs of reinstating the 2km funicular, which has been out of service since 2018 due to safety concerns.
Strengthening works to the supporting structure will include improvements to foundations, piers and beams, and replacement of bearings.
Balfour Beatty will be progressing as much of the preparatory works as possible ahead of the main structural works being carried out in 2021.
It is anticipated that the funicular could return to service during the winter of 21/22.
The Inverness Caledonian Thistle Community Development is leading the £1.28m project, which will create five jobs and around 50 volunteering opportunities.
HIE’s application is for permission to establish infrastructure, such as roads and utilities, to create serviced plots for sale to developers.
Cairngorm Mountain (Scotland) Ltd has confirmed dates for essential annual maintenance on the funicular railway.
An adventure sports and tourism specialist is set to take on the top job at one of Scotland’s leading outdoor attractions.
Businesses in the tourism sector and its supply chain in the Highland Council area are being encouraged to secure a place on the Digital Tourism Support Programme.
A £1.6m project to boost the Easter Ross economy through net zero initiatives, community learning and development has been awarded up to £450,000 from HIE.
The move will help facilitate the company’s further growth. Its corporate and compliance team of ten will relocate to Aurora House, with the company’s operational base remaining in Beauly.
The Isle of Luing Community Trust owns and operates the Atlantic Islands Centre and is leading the £87,320 improvement project.
The additional funding brings HIE’s total investment in the project to £2.863m.
The funicular railway at Cairngorm Mountain resort is set to return to service on Thursday 27 February.
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