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Delegates heard from a range of speakers sharing updates on species and habitat restoration projects across the Highlands including peatland biodiversity, rainforest recovery, landscape restoration, and the power of volunteers and communities for locally led action.
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On Saturday 7 March, a sold-out Highland Biodiversity Conference took place at Highland Council HQ, celebrating the positive impacts of environmental projects over the last five years.
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Temporary Road Closure of B8004 Banavie Road, Fort William
The above closure has been cancelled due to poor weather conditions, the works will be rescheduled with details to follow. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused and thank the local community for their patience.
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🚶♀️🚴 Inverness is on the move!
The 2025 Walking & Cycling Index shows active travel prevents 223 serious health conditions, boosts the economy by £75.3m, & saves 3,700 tonnes of emissions every year.
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The keys to Tain's new £72 million school campus have been officially handed over to Highland Council. Primary inc. early learning will move in on 22 April, with secondary school pupils following on 3 June after exams 🔑🙌 Read more here: buff.ly/R15JvXh
A #CommonwealthDay flag raising ceremony was held today at The Inverness Castle Experience. Find out more at: www.highland.gov.uk/news/article...
around lunch time.
We apologise for any inconvenience and would like to thank motorists and residents in advance for their patience during these essential repairs.
the closure period and open as usual on weekends.
Traffic management with signage will be in place and emergency access will be maintained.
Local access for residents beyond the closure will be maintained by onsite operatives.
The road will also be open for a short period at 12:30pm every day
⛔ Temporary road closure ⛔
🚧 U1195 Mallaigvaig Road, Mallaig
📅 From Thursday 5th March for two weeks
The closure is being imposed to allow Scottish Water contractors to safely make urgent repairs to their sewerage network.
The closure will be in place from 8am until 6pm on each weekday during
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Investments to directly support local communities have been agreed as part of the 2026/27 budget. These include new investments this year and continued investment agreed in 2025/26. Read more: buff.ly/7y6eBvm
Council investment in adult social care will total £156.2 million in 2026/27. The Council provides funding to NHS Highland to deliver adult social care as part of a Lead Agency model under the Highland Health and Social Care Partnership. Read more:
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To support additional support need pressures:
➡️ £750,000 for specialist education provision.
To support the building of schools:
➡️ 2% of Council Tax funding ring-fenced for The Highland Investment Plan.
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1/2 New investments agreed in 2026/27 budget:
➡️ £1.6 million to create a Workforce North Co-investment Fund.
➡️ £1 million fund to support Highland Housing Challenge.
➡️ £500,000 to reduce poverty.
➡️ £406,000 to support pupils experiencing poverty and barriers to learning.
The Council has agreed a £1 million fund to tackle housing pressures in Highland. The region has more second homes and long-term empty properties than any other local authority in Scotland. Read more: buff.ly/r3onqPO
The Council has agreed a 7% Council Tax rise from 1 April, one of the lowest increases in Scotland. But where does it go?
➡️ A 5% uplift to protect essential services such as education, housing, roads and social care.
➕️ 2% ring-fenced to support the Highland Investment Plan.
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The 2026-27 budget has been agreed, including:
➡️ 7% increase in Council Tax - 5% for vital services, 2% for the Highland Investment Plan.
➡️ £12m new investment in areas inc. adult social care, housing, education, poverty reduction and roads.
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council staff for all their hard work to date.
Wills Bros Civil Engineering, who are completing the works on behalf of The Highland Council, would like to apologise for any inconvenience the demolition works may cause and thank residents /businesses for their patience and co-operation.
the #NorthCoast500, welcomed its first cars at the end of February.
This vital transport link is a major north coast project which demonstrates our commitment to improving the infrastructure in rural areas of Highland.
With the route now open for traffic, our thanks go to contractors and
📢 Great to see that the New Naver Bridge, located along the A836 near Bettyhill , is now open to traffic.
Demolition of the existing bridge starts today (Thursday 5 March) and continues until the end of March 2026.
Though currently open only as single carriageway, the new bridge, which is part of
🟣 Additionally, £4,000 was donated to sustainable energy charity, ALIenergy, to support their ‘cosy kit’ scheme which provides hot water bottles, blankets, gloves, hats and scarves for the elderly in rural communities.
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🟣 £4,000 worth were distributed to vulnerable children via the Council’s local Health and Social Care teams.
🟣 A further £4,000 worth were distributed to vulnerable adults via NHS Highland.
Highland Council has distributed £8,000 worth of supermarket vouchers to vulnerable adults and children in partnership with Union Technical who deliver community benefits as part of the Energy Efficient Scotland: Area Based Scheme (EES:ABS) programme.
