Road beneath Inverness railway bridge to close for weeks for vital …
A ROAD in Inverness is to close for five weeks while vital repairs are carried out on a railway bridge.
A section of Culloden Road will close to enable engineers to address "water ingress issues" on the bridge, and also repair masonry on a wall underneath the structure.
Repairs on the structure, which will be a combination of day and night-time work, are scheduled to begin on Wednesday, October 11 and will be completed by mid-November.
The closure will run from Viewhill, just before the access to the Scottish School of Forestry, to where Edgemoor Park meets Culloden Road.
A traffic management plan and signed diversion route will be in place during this time. The road will be open to reduced height traffic – a restriction of three metres – outwith working times.
Daytime closures are set to run from 7am to 6pm each day from October 11 to 23, with night-time works running from 8.30pm to 7am each day from October 24 to November 10.
Pedestrians and cyclists will not be affected and will be able to continue to travel safely under the bridge via the footpath for the entirety of the work, with train services also unaffected.
Euan Falconer, Network Rail’s project manager for the work, said: “The work to address water ingress issues and other repairs on this railway structure are part of our commitment to provide a safe and reliable railway.
“While we need to close the road to vehicles to deliver the work safely and efficiently, we will maintain access for pedestrians and cyclists to minimise the impact of the closure.
“I’d like to thank local residents for their patience as we carry out this work.”
If anyone has any questions or needs further information on the work, they can contact Network Rail’s national helpline on 03457 114141.
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