Padlocks to be removed from Coghill Bridge, Wick

The Highland Council will be removing padlocks and any other attachments from the Coghill Bridge at Wick Riverside.

These padlocks detract from the historic nature of the bridge as well as causing paint damage and encouraging rust spots to the recently refurbished guard rails.

There have also been incidents of pedestrians and cyclists catching clothing on them while passing each other.

The Highland Council will retain any padlocks removed for 4 weeks, after which time they will be disposed of.

The Council asks that people do not place padlocks on Coghill Bridge or any other Council property to help reduce ongoing maintenance costs.

Padlocks should be retrieved by their owners now or collected after the Council removes them from Albert Street Depot, Wick.

Anyone with queries can please contact Highland Council phoning the call centre on 01349 886601 or through the website at: www.highland.gov.uk/contact .