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Backers of planned £3m world-class climbing centre in Highland capital still reaching for success despite setback By Val Sweeney Published: 21:00, 06 March 2021
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Duncan McCallum outside the site in Lotland Street.
An ambitious project to develop a world-class climbing centre in the Highland capital is still very much alive, despite a recent setback.
The proposed £3 million Ledge Climbing Gym was dealt a blow last month when the planning application was turned down by Highland councillors.
They were acting on a report by the Health and Safety Executive which said its planned Inverness Lotland Street location next to a large fuel storage and distribution site posed an unacceptable risk.