£200,000 will help walkers stride out on Angus paths

ALMOST £200,000 is to be splashed out to help puddle-dodging Forfar Loch walkers.

The country park path on the south side of the loch is being upgraded as part of a £741,000 Angus Council programme of improvements.

The money is from Transport Scotland’s Cycling, Walking and Safer Routes fund.

The Angus allocation has leapt from just over £500,000 last year to £741,621 for 2022-23.

And the Forfar Loch path project is one of the items on this year’s spending list.

Other projects will de-clutter Montrose High Street and put a £200,000 path between Kellas and Murroes Primary School.

And the cash will fund feasibility studies into improving links between towns and villages.

Across Angus a dozen projects earmarked for funding.

Forfar Loch Path Improvements. £186K improving path surface.

Angus railway lines. £25K feasibility study looking at disused rail lines across Angus with a view to utilising them as active travel routes.

Brechin to Montrose Walking and Cycling

Route. £15K feasibility study.

Drumachlie Loan, Brechin. £35K detailed design work following last year’s feasibility study to improve paths.

Removal of street clutter in Montrose. £10K removal and repositioning of barriers and other clutter.

Barns of Craig, Montrose. £131K footpath into Ferryden connecting to exclusion zone at Ferryden Primary.

Kirriemuir to Forfar. £15K feasibility study looking at improving route.

School Road, Tealing. £15K feasibility study looking at active travel routes along School Road and around Tealing.

Milton Place, Monifieth. £13K removal of steps and installation of ramp to improve accessibility.

Leysmill. £60K on new footpaths where there is no provision.

Kellas to Murroes Primary School. Additional £201K phase providing a link from last year’s path.

Hillside to Craigo. £15K feasibility study looking into a route from Hillside to Craigo and on towards Marykirk.