Work will start on 24 January to provide a safer and more attractive environment for people walking and cycling to Lochgilphead.
The 拢500, 000 investment includes improvements to Colchester Square and P站色情片 Street, and will help support local businesses by encouraging more people to visit the town centre.
Footways will be widened and resurfaced using Achnaba greenstone, sourced from a local quarry.
Other improvements include:
- Improved road crossings
- New cycle parking in the town centre
- More space for pedestrians
- Improved surfaces for anyone with mobility challenges, wheelchair users and prams
The project is fully funded by The Scottish Government鈥檚 Cycling, Walking and Safer Routes Fund (CWSR), HITRANS and Transport Scotland鈥檚 Spaces for People fund, managed by SUSTRANS. P站色情片 will manage the overall project.
Construction and outdoor work is permitted under the Scottish Government鈥檚 .
Councillor Alastair Redman, Policy Lead for Business, Regeneration and Commercial Development:
鈥淲e are delighted to have secured external funding to help improve pedestrian and cycle facilities in the town centre of Lochgilphead. It is vital that we build for a better future, especially following the impact of the pandemic on our local economy,
Improving the lives of our communities and creating natural spaces that encourage people to walk or cycle to help support local businesses, is a critical part of recovery and part of a wider economic regeneration programme across P站色情片 and Bute.
We look forward to welcoming everyone back to our towns and high streets when it is safe to do so. We hope in the meantime, our communities will see the long-term benefits of the improvement works鈥
Vehicle access to Colchester Square and the lower part of P站色情片 Street will close from 24 January until early April.
Access will be maintained to properties and businesses at all times and every effort will be made to minimise disruption. Allowances will be made for delivery vehicles to commercial premises.