Building Briefs – September 17th

Locals are being invited to view upgrade plans for the 10-mile stretch of the A82 which hugs the shoreline between Tarbet and Inverarnan.

A series of public exhibitions starting in Arrochar on 30 September will give local residents and road users the opportunity to view the preferred route option, meet the design team and provide feedback.

Details of the public exhibitions:

Wednesday 30th September,

12 noon – 7pm

Three Villages Hall, Arrochar,

Argyll & Bute, G83 7AB

Thursday 1st Otober,

12 noon – 7pm

Crianlarich Village Hall, Main Street,

Crianlarich, Perthshire, FK20 8QN

Friday 2nd October,

2pm – 7pm

Kilmore & Oban Parish Church Centre,

Glencruitten Road, Oban, Argyll, PA34 4DN

Tuesday 6th October,

12 noon – 7pm

Duncansburgh MacIntosh Church Hall,

The Parade, Fort William, Inverness-shire,

PH33 6BA

For further information on the project, and to view the exhibition material online (available from 30 September), click here.

FMP to deliver £12.4m Portlethen primary school

Aberdeenshire Council has appointed FMP Construction to deliver a new primary school in the region.

The new £12.4 million school is to be developed in Portlethen.

A consultation is to be held to allow the public to discuss issues concerning the new school.

The consultation will be held on 23 September at 7pm in Porthlethen Academy.

McFadyens Contractors start work on Arrochar flood relief scheme

Campbeltown-based McFadyens Contractors has started work on a flood protection relief project in Succoth, Arrochar.

The works, which are taking place around Glenloin Crescent, will replace an existing 225mm diameter drainage pipe with a larger 1200mm by 600mm box culvert and an opened lined ditch.

The work is expected to take approximately eight weeks.

West Lothian road to close for carriageway resurfacing works

A road in West Lothian is due to close for carriageway resurfacing works, it has been announced.

The C9 Limefield Road in Bathgate will close from its junctions with Marina Road and Drumcross/Bangour Road from 5 October to 25 October.

Works are expected to last three weeks.

Scottish Govt appoints Reporter to examine Fife LDP

A Reporter has been appointed by the Scottish Government to examine the Local Development Plan (LDP) for Fife.

The official is to scrutinise issues raised by residents during the consultation period between October and December last year.

FIFEplan sets out how the region should be developed over a ten year period and outlines the future of housing, leisure, business and industrial development.

North Ayrshire Council to display £1m transport plans for education campus

Proposals to improve roads, pathways and cycle routes around a new education campus in North Ayrshire are to be displayed.

The council will put up information boards in Kilbirnie, Beith and Dalry Libraries from 17 September.

The £1m programme of works is to coincide with the ongoing construction of the new Garnock Campus.

Progress on the new education facility is on schedule, with an expected completion date of December 2016. Campus staff and learners are to move into the new accommodation in January 2017.

Scottish Water due to begin £4m Glasgow flooding project

Scottish Water is due to begin an improvement project to deal with a sewer flooding problem in Glasgow.

The company will invest £4m in improvements to its water network to reduce the risk of flooding in the Avonspark Street area.

In total, 12 properties in Avonspark Street and one in Edgefauld Road have experienced recurring problems with internal and external flooding for a number of years.

Amey Black & Veatch (aBV), Scottish Water’s delivery partners, will install a 2,500 cubic metre capacity storm water storage tank in the sewer network to alleviate the surcharging of the system.

The tank will be 20m in diameter and 16m below ground level.

The project will also include the construction of large diameter manholes and new pipework in Avonspark Street and Edgefauld Road.

The work will be completed in approximately 16 months.

The scheme is part of a £250m, five year programme of work to improve river water quality and the natural environment of the River Clyde.