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News published April 2016

• Under-21 Youth Groups set to benefit from Lochaber bequest fund

  Published 29 Apr 2016

  The Helen and S G MacGregor Bequest fund is seeking applications from organisations in Lochaber who are working with or seeking to support young people under the age of 21.

• Sun or Hail - Litter Pickers Prevail

  Published 29 Apr 2016

  Just less than a week separated Halkirk and Melvich Primary School’s village litter picks but the weather couldn’t have been more different.

• Highland business rising to new heights

  Published 29 Apr 2016

  A Highland employer has achieved a first by employing and training the first female Stannah trained stairlift engineer in Scotland.

• Housing initiatives aim to prevent homelessness and improve people’s lives

  Published 29 Apr 2016

  Members of the Community Services Committee have warmly welcomed the initiatives being undertaken to prevent homelessness and improve the lives of homeless people in Highland.

• West Link Stage 1 work to begin

  Published 29 Apr 2016

  West Link Stage 1 works will commence on Tuesday 3rd May, providing the link between the southern distributor and the A82, including the Canal Parks Enhancement works. Stage 1 is due for completion i

• Alternative location for River Ness Art centrepiece

  Published 28 Apr 2016

  Members of the Inverness City Arts (ICArts) Working Group have agreed to commission a report into an alternative location of the River Ness Art Project’s centrepiece art work “The Gathering Place”.

• Road Maintenance budgets to be devolved to Local Area Committees

  Published 28 Apr 2016

  The budget for Road Maintenance for 2016-17 is to be distributed between the eight Local Area Committees to enable greater local decision making in line with the Council’s localism agenda.

• Update on Gas incident at Carrbridge Hotel - Friday 21st April 2016.

  Published 27 Apr 2016

  Officers from Highland Council’s Environmental Health team are carrying out detailed investigations into the cause of carbon monoxide poisoning at the Carrbridge Hotel on Friday 21st April 2016.

• Weight restriction on B9090 White Bridge

  Published 27 Apr 2016

  From Saturday 30 April 2016, The Highland Council will introduce an 18 Tonne maximum gross weight restriction at White Bridge on the B9090 Loch Flemington – Clephanton – Cawdor – Nairn Road.

• Public invited to have their say on final phase of Smithton and Culloden Flood Alleviation Scheme

  Published 26 Apr 2016

  In order to complete the final phase of this flood alleviation project, The Highland Council is promoting a formal Flood Protection Scheme (FPS). A formal consultation process has begun and is running from 26th April to 24th May 2016.

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