Master Plan For A96 Corridor

Members of The Highland Council’s Inverness and Nairn Area Committees have agreed to support a development strategy of the A96 corridor which could provide homes for an expected 20-30,000 population growth over the next 30-50 years.

Both committees agreed to support for their interest the recommended A96 corridor strategy which sets out a vision for:

Members agreed that further public consultation and publicity of the proposals would start immediately and this would include the production of an illustrated summary leaflet and matching visual presentation describing the proposals and the process of their evolution to date. These items to be made widely available to residents, local groups and circulated to stakeholders for information purposes, supplemented by a public meeting in each Area.

Members agreed to contribute of £25,000 from the 2005/6 and 2006/7 Highland Council Planning and Development Service consultancy budget towards further consultancy costs totalling £150,000. The second stage of consultancy will cover detailed infrastructure studies on water supply, mains drainage, land use and strategic roads investigations, electricity supply arrangements, and production of an implementation plan.