Contract awarded to Strath Civils for Conon Bridge flood protection scheme set to start next week with local Ladies Walk path set for temporary closure
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A FLOOD defence improvement scheme is set to start in a Ross-shire village next week.
Highland Council has awarded the Conon Bridge Flood Defences Improvement contract to Strath Civil Engineering Ltd.
Its workers are expected on site from Monday of next week.
The project is required to upgrade the existing flood defence bund to the south of River Conon between the A862 road bridge and the Network Rail bridge.
The current flood protection for a one in 100-year flood event is to be increased up to SEPA’s latest requirement of defence against a 1 in 200-year flood event.
Ground investigation works carried out over the last two years have identified the requirement of a cut-off trench to reduce seepage from under the bund. The works will include heightening the existing bund from its current level of approximately 6.2m to a height of 7.1m, with a seepage cut-off ditch.
Strath Civils will be starting on site on Monday with the works expected to be completed early next year.
In the interest of public safety, the core path known as the Ladies Walk, which runs beside the River Conon between the former Drouthy Duck public house and Conon Mains Farm, will be closed off between the Drouthy Duck and the Network Rail bridge for the duration of the works.
A council spokesman said: "We apologise for any inconvenience caused and will open the path as soon as the flood protection improvements works are completed.”
Signs will be erected at both ends of the Ladies Walk informing the public of these closures along with the latest updates for this project.
