SUSTRANS PRESS RELEASE
Sustainable transport charity, Sustrans, has appointed Ennstone Thistle as its principal contractor to build Phase 3 of the walking and cycling path from Oban to Ballachulish.
Construction work is now underway on Phase 3 and is scheduled for completion in spring of this year. The section will feature three miles of path linking Portnacroish to Inverfolla and creating a circular route to Port Appin.
Part of National Cycle Network Route 78, Phase 3 will take the total mileage of completed path to 17. Sustrans Scotland aims to complete the works linking Oban to Ballachulish by 2013.
The project is a joint partnership between Sustrans, the Scottish Government, local landowners, Transport Scotland, Highland and Argyll and Bute councils, Forestry Commission Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage, which is funding the installation artworks along the path.
Welcoming the appointment of Ennstone Thistle, Clary Elliott, Engineering Manager at Sustrans, said: “Sustrans is delighted to welcome Ennstone onboard to progress the construction of the path following the company’s success in completing Phase 2 in 2009.
“Phase 3 is an important milestone in the development of this project as it brings the route to its halfway point between Oban and Ballachulish.”
Malcolm Cullen, Site Engineer from Ennstone Thistle said: “The whole team at Ennstone is proud to be delivering this project which, when completed, will provide a mostly traffic-free route which is an excellent facility for the benefit of walkers and cyclists in the area.”
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