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Outcry over plans to fell mature trees to make way for unwanted bus lane in Highland capital By Val Sweeney Published: 21:00, 11 March 2021
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Residents are upset that trees between Raigmore estate and the hospital are to be cut down to create a bus link.
Angry residents in a Highland neighbourhood have started a petition in a bid to prevent trees from being felled to make way for a controversial bus lane.
The trees, some said to be hundreds of years old, form the boundary between Raigmore Estate and Raigmore Hospital.
Article By Val Sweeney Published: 17:30, 11 March 2021
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Residents are upset that trees between Raigmore estate and the hospital are to be cut down to create a bus link.
Angry residents in an Inverness neighbourhood have started a petition in a bid to prevent trees from being felled to make way for a controversial bus lane.
The trees, some said to be hundreds of years old, form the boundary between Raigmore Estate and Raigmore Hospital.
But some are to be felled so a bus gate can be created, allowing buses to run from Churchill Road/Ashton Road on the estate and through the hospital site to Old Perth Road under a long-standing planning condition attached to Inverness Campus.
We need a viable vision for city s future By Andrew Dixon Published: 09:26, 13 February 2021
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Analysis of how Inverness can be a base camp for tourists visiting the wider Highlands is being called for.
The work could be an important boost for the area as it aims to recover from the pandemic.
Inverness Chamber of Commerce chief executive Stewart Nicol is eager for talks to start.
âWe are at the start and finish of the North Coast 500 and our place as the capital of the Highlands is secure, but how do we get tourists to come to the city, experience something of our culture and heritage and use it as a base to explore the rest of the Highlands?â he asked.
Inverness councillor makes PPE mask and gloves litter plea By Louise Glen Published: 17:30, 25 January 2021
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An Inverness councillor is pleading with people to stop littering the city with used items of PPE.
Isabelle MacKenzie, who represents the Inverness Millburn ward, spoke out after being contacted by constituents concerned about face masks and gloves being discarded in the area around Raigmore Hospital.
She said improperly disposing of such items increased the risk of infection.
âThe public need to be more aware of health issues â we all need to be extremely careful when we are out and about,â she said.