Road repair priorities in Badenoch and Strathspey set out by Highland Council
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Priorities for the repair of local roads in Badenoch and Strathspey for this financial year have been laid out by Highland Council.
The roads budget for this year totalling £17.2m for the entire region was approved at the council's economy and infrastructure committee on February 4.
The allocation for repairs in the strath is £765,310 and will be used mainly for surface dressing and surfacing schemes.
Members of the Badenoch and Strathspey area committee are being asked to review and agree the prioritised programme totalling £837,205 when they meet virtually next Tuesday.
The main outlay is on various village bell-mouths and junctions patching amounting to £88,000
Some £80,325 has been allocated for surface dressing of 5.1 kilometres for the Lettoch-Craigvarren-Advie juncion-Tulchan road.
Provision of structural drainage at Shankland Court in Grantown costing £40,000 is also on the list.
Richard Porteous, roads operations manager for Badenoch and Strathspey, said: "This list is continually updated by adding to it and adjusting priorities so that an updated rolling programme of works can be reported each year to allow the structural programme to gain area committee agreement before commencement."
He added: "Prior to finalising the programmes, each site is again visited by experienced engineers to confirm the importance of the works against the network and the details of the designs."
The council is responsible for 6754 kilometres of road network but this does not include trunk roads.
The authority also looks after 1700 kilometres of footways, 2180 bridges and culverts and 1000 retaining walls.
