Construction starts on new £1m link road to ease congestion

Work has begun on a muchneeded £1 million link road near Kirriemuir which will help ward off congestion on the town’s Morrison Street.

The Logie Business Park site saw work begin last Friday with JCBs arriving to begin linking up the A926 entrance to the town from Maryton and the A928 Kirriemuir to Glamis Road.

Delson Contracts Ltd will cut through the site of the former Logie Farm in order to ease traffic problems on the route into Kirriemuir.

Angus Provost Councillor Ronnie Proctor said he hoped the investment would “take the pressure off” the entrance road and allow tractors and other heavy vehicles to follow a less challenging route.

“This is a great gesture by Delson Contracts,” he said.

“This road will take a great deal of pressure off Morrison Street which, at the moment, is over-used.

“The population of Kirriemuir is on the increase, we have got new developments being completed at the north of the town.

“At the moment, anyone wanting to travel from Glamis Road from the west to the east have to go along Morrison Street, and vice-versa.

“If you have a tractor or other large machinery, travelling along Morrison Street is very challenging.

“Hopefully, what Delson are doing will take the pressure off.”

Bruce Stott of Delson Contracts Ltd added: “We are making a major investment in Kirriemuir by providing the road which we will then hand over to Angus Council.

“It cuts through the site of Logie Farm and will take traffic away from Morrison Street.”