A stretch of road that leads to the city’s biggest football ground is being made more disabled-friendly.
Work is being done to make the route to shops and Inverness Caley Thistle’s football ground’s stadium more accessible by dropping kerbs and making other alterations.
Bear Scotland is carrying out £30,000 of footway upgrades along the A82 Longman Road between Harbour Road and Longman Roundabout.
A spokeswoman for the roads maintenance agency said: “The project involves resurfacing over 400m of the footway as well as the installation of dropped kerbs at six crossing points along the route.
“The scheme has been designed to upgrade the existing footway and improve facilities for disabled users.”
The spokeswoman added that the project started in early June and is due to be finished at some point this week.
Inverness South councillor Andrew Jarvie, a wheelchair user himself, said news of the work was “absolutely fantastic.”
Mr Jarvie added: “It’s an absolute nightmare on that side of town.
“I was a student at the old Inverness College campus on Longman Road and I dropped the car off at a garage, and it was a nightmare there as there was not a single dropped kerb.
“There was a few months ago while at the Skoda garage on Harbour road, and I thought I’d just pop into the bank, but I literally could not get from there to the bank – a distance of 50m. It’s especially difficult where cars come off the A82 Harbour Road roundabout at speed.”
Recent photographs taken by Inverness South councillor Duncan Macpherson show the work being done to drop the kerbs, as well as tarring the pavement and installing safety bollards.
Mr Macpherson said: “I think it’s a really good thing. Dropped kerbs for disabled access will make a big difference.
“It’s also close to some big shops so it will help disabled people to access them, too.”
