Inverness Airport: How connected with Scotland?
Looking around this week, I’m having a lot of difficulty in finding any airlines that fly Inverness to Glasgow. In fact, looking to Scotland’s major airports, the only flight I can find from Inverness is single daily flight to and from Edinburgh. I know Inverness Airport is a small regional, and therefore will have limited [...]
MSP’s put pressure on roads timetable…
…but for the most part it just looks like political posturing. From the P&J: Give us your timetable for transport – MSPs Opposition MSPs are today putting pressure on the Scottish Government to unveil a robust timetable for major transport improvements planned for the north and north-east. They want ministers to outline how much it [...]
Sainsburys still on for Nairn
An article at the P&J has Sainsburys committing itself to the planned and delayed development at Nairn in front of the Scottish government: Sainsbury’s set to go to public inquiry to win Nairn site Sainsbury’s has confirmed to the Scottish Government’s planning directorate that it remains committed to a proposed new food store for Nairn. [...]
Network Rail: it’s safe until we check it
Not directly Nairn, but pretty scary considering the number of un-manned train crossings in the Highlands: Rail crossing probe finds problem An investigation has pinpointed a problem with a railway crossing that has been at the centre of a safety row. The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) said Network Rail found a battery for train [...]
Inverness Airport fog bound
The freezing fog continues for a fourth day – the plants here are covered with a wonderful white mossy layer of ice – sometimes needle-like, but always gentle as a snowflake. In the meantime, Inverness Airport is suffering with serious disruptions to flights: Freezing fog disrupts air flights Passengers have been taken by bus to [...]
Heads up on rail disruption next week
Just a heads up that rail travel around major parts of Scotland are set to be disrupted over the next two weeks: Warning over railway disruption All high level services to and from Glasgow Central have been cancelled until Tuesday 30 December. Some trains between Perth, Inverness and Aberdeen will also be affected over the [...]
How will the Energy Industry impact Nairn?
Despite the variety of bad news at the end of this year, which is likely to negatively impact the development of Nairn, there remains an undercurrent that could yet bring a boost to the town. The problem, as always, is that any such development could b as damaging in parts as it is a benefit. [...]
Inverness mourns TLR and trains get a bashing
The SNP’s Strategic Transport Review was supposed to be a declaration of commitment to bring Scotland’s transport infrastructure into the 21st century. Unfortunately, it increasingly looks like a document confused in terms of commitments and priorities. While the aspirations are laudable, the really big question really begs how seriously committed the Scottish Government is to [...]
SNP commits to dualling A96 and Nairn bypass
The good news is that in its far-reaching transport review, the SNP has included dualling the A9 and A96 between Inverness and Nairn as top priorities – and included a Nairn by-pass in its list. The bad news is that the transport review is scheduled for major works over 20 years, so the danger is [...]
Inverness Airport Business Park seeking partners
Inverness Airport Business Park is slowly but surely taking shape, and according to the BBC, is looking for additional partners. I’ve got to admit, I find the development concept to be very exciting, and I’ve included a small image of the plan from their masterplan (PDF) below: To normal Nairn residents the idea of a [...]