Chair’s delight as Council confirms new crossing to improve safety on busy city road

The Highland Council has confirmed that a new puffin crossing on the B9006 adjacent to Brinckman Terrace in Inverness will be installed to improve the safety for pedestrians in the area.

Chair of the Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee and local Ward Councillor, Ken Gowans has been pressing for improved road safety measures and is delighted that a lights controlled pedestrian crossing will be installed.

He said: “Residents in the local community have been highlighting for some time the difficulties they have had when crossing this narrow but very busy road. Along with the Road Safety team we met parents, children and local residents from both sides of the B9006 on site.  Following the discussion and review of all the work previously undertaken I am delighted that we can announce that we will be installing the new crossing as soon as possible This will improve safety for people to get around. This news will be widely welcomed by the local community and I want to thank them for championing the case for improvements”

“Although being delivered as part of the Safer Routes to School scheme for Cradlehall Primary School this crossing will also have the wider benefit to the community of helping pedestrians access the local bus stops and residential areas.  This is evident in the positive involvement the community have played in driving this project forward and attending site reviews and meetings so thank you to everyone involved, including our in-house Road Safety Team who will ensure the works will take place timeously.”

Speed Assessments, Pedestrians Surveys and Road Safety Assessments have all been carried out on this section of the B9006 and have contributed to the project development.

The crossing is part of the ongoing work to improve safety and encourage active travel to school in the wider Cradlehall Area which has already seen the installation of traffic calming, crossing points and junction narrowing work on both Caulfield Road and Castlehill Road and the recently completed drop kerb crossing work on the B9006 at this location.

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14 Nov 2022