CAMPAIGNERS claim a much-loved countryside roads could be ‘destroyed’ by being widened to cater for lorries and HGVs delivering construction materials for a controversial wind farm. Concerns have been raised about the impact of heavy traffic in Largs, Fairlie and West Kilbride during the building of 150m high turbines near Read more…
By Brian Donnelly Business Correspondent Scottish civil-engineers will lead the construction of the country’s newest onshore wind farm following the award of a £67 million contract by Vattenfall. Glasgow-based RJ McLeod will deliver roads and access tracks, electrical infrastructure, turbine foundations and other infrastructure at South Kyle wind farm Read more…
Planning Appeals, Local Development Plan examinations and other DPEA work https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/advice-and-guidance/2018/05/planning-appeals-reporters-guidance/documents/covid-19-dpea-19th-june-update/covid-19-dpea-19th-june-update/govscot%3Adocument/DPEA%2BCOVID19%2BGuidance%2B19%2BJune%2B%2B2020.pdf?fbclid=IwAR21N4uncUJR9IPCiUrn_MnkumoEl87bIt7HR3HIN_AgzuBAH8Q8ywWzB1g
Angus communities are bracing themselves for one of the county’s biggest infrastructure projects after councillors approved plans for a massive underground renewables cable. The connection will bring enough electricity for one million homes from the Seagreen Offshore Windfarm off the Angus coast onto land at Carnoustie, before running 19km underground Read more…