Badenoch and Strathspey roads in line for £1.6million improvements
Updated: May 25, 2021, 9:35 pm
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Councillors have allocated more than £1.6million to improve the roads in Badenoch and Strathspey.
The area committee today agreed the budget for the next year, which includes materials such as salt for gritting the roads and work such as resurfacing.
Members of the area committee agreed a large portion of the budget should go towards maintenance of drains, footpaths, gullies and verges as well as freshening up road markings and signs, and some patching works.
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