Work begins this week on a £242,480 project to update and install new signage and interpretation on the Great Glen Ways. The works are being carried out by the Great Glen Ways Implementation Project which is led by The Highland Council. The management of the project is overseen by the Great Glen Ways Initiative, which consists of four main partners: British WaterwaysScotland, Forestry Commission Scotland, The Highland Council and Scottish Natural Heritage. The European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) has contributed 45% of the overall project funding.
Work has commenced along the Caledonian Canal on a British Waterways Scotland site at Laggan Locks where an exisiting interpretation sign commemorating the Battle of the Shirts is being replaced with a new improved interpretation panel.
Further works include the installation of new termini markers in FortWilliam and Inverness with new Caithness flagstone markers with the InvernessCastle termini being re-sited downhill from the current marker.
The aim of the project is to up-grade and up-date interpretation along the Great Glen Ways. In the course of the project, some 31 stone and timber monoliths and other structures will be set up and old waymarkers and metal plates will be replaced by new ones. In all, 48 interpretation panels will be produced.
The main themes will cover history, forest management, natural history, archaeology and folklore. Practical information for walkers, bikers and boat users will also be provided. All structures designed will have a unified Great Glen Ways style and colour.
19 Jul 2006