Thursday 5 Oct 2023
Road closure enables railway bridge works in Inverness
- Region & Route:
- Scotland’s Railway: Scotland
Culloden Road in Inverness will close for five weeks to enable Network Rail to make repairs to a railway bridge.
This vital work is needed to address water ingress issues on the structure and to undertake masonry repairs to a wall underneath the bridge.
Work on the structure, which will be a combination of day and nightshift, is scheduled to begin on Wednesday 11 October and will be completed by mid-November.
A section of Culloden Road will be closed 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 has been agreed with the local authority and will be in place during this time. The road will be open to reduced height traffic – a restriction of three metres - out with working times.
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 03457114141.
Notes to Editors
Our work schedule is outlined below:
Dayshift work
Monday to Sunday 07:00 to 18:00, each day, from Wednesday 11 October until Monday 23 October 2023.
In addition to the dayshift noted above, we will also be working additional nightshift dates and times as detailed below:
Nightshift work
Every night from Tuesday 24 October until Friday 10 November, between 20:30 to 07:00
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