Public urged to engage in transport study

RESIDENTS, businesses, students and key stakeholders in the Fort William area are being urged to engage in a study being carried out to identify transport improvements in the area.

Engineering, consultancy and research company AECOM is working in partnership with the Highland Council, HITRANS, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Transport Scotland to identify local transport issues in and around Fort William.

AECOM is seeking the views of anyone who lives, works, studies or does business in and around Fort William via an online engagement tool, at Placecheck. info/maps/fortwilliam.

This tool gives the public the chance to tell AECOM what they like about the area, what they don’t like and what they would like to see improved. Registration is quick and easy, and users can then add comment to the map. The tool will be open until Wednesday March 14.

Councillor Allan Henderson, chairman of HITRANS, the regional transport partnership, said: ‘Using the latest online engagement tool, the local community have a great chance to shape the way this hugely important project for the Fort William area goes forward. We want to hear from as many transport users as possible.’

The deadline for the Placecheck inputs is Wednesday March 14. The aim is to complete the study by early summer.