Our Com­munity … A Way Forward

Dul­nain Bridge Action Plan Review 2016

HIGH PRI­OR­IT­IES (in order of community’s agreed pri­or­it­ies)	MEDI­UM PRI­OR­IT­IES	LOW PRI­OR­IT­IES
1. Safe cycle / foot­paths to Grant­own, Muck­rach, Car­rbridge, Broomhill
2. Enforce speed lim­its and extend by 200m to east and west. Install traffic calm­ing measures
3. A ​‘Friends of Dul­nain’ pool of volun­teers to put on vil­lage events
4. Look into feas­ib­il­ity of café, vis­it­or centre, shop, toilets
5. Improved and integ­rated bus ser­vice for work and leisure
6. Man­age vil­lage park­ing through con­trols includ­ing ​‘No Park­ing’ marked areas
7. Afford­able com­munity-owned housing
8. Remove old cars from road and woods at Skye of Curr (highway=police, land=estate)
9. Improved mobile signal
10. Grass cut­ting to improve vis­ib­il­ity at Ballin­tomb & Skye of Curr junc­tions (Cllr Douglas to take up with HC)
11. More facil­it­ies for young people eg track for bikes, paint­ball, play­park upgrade, events in hall
12. Make more of Roche Mou­ton­nees – land­scape behind / remove lit­ter / revis­it pond project
13. Upgrade vil­lage web­site for improved com­mu­nic­a­tion for vis­it­ors and residents
14. Increase / enhance use of hall and church as venues
15. Repairs to river­side walk
16. ​‘See and Do’ notice­board for visitors
17. More dog waste bins (SoC Rd and woods)	* Tidy up the vil­lage — Hall car park (gar­age look­ing into this), Rifle range ground, back of tin church
* Pic­nic seats along river to appre­ci­ate the bridge
* Pub­lic toilets
* Upgrade of toi­lets at vil­lage hall
Pro­mo­tion of loc­al walks espe­cially in the woods | Red squir­rel rope bridge
* Part time Ranger for loc­al and night walks (CNPA ini­ti­at­ive to pro­mote ​‘volun­teer’ rangers)
* Wild­life inter­pret­a­tion on walks (build on path leaflets?)
* Reduce street lighting
* Inverness sign­posted at road end to bring tour­ists through the village?

(Lee Hax­ton, CNPA to check with Loc­al Energy Scot­land re pos­sib­il­ity of a hydro scheme on the Dulnain) |

Pri­or­ity I — Safe walk­ing and cyc­ling routes (23 votes)

• Key part­ners will be The High­land Coun­cil, CNPA and SUSTRANS
• A sub­stan­tial improve­ment may come as part of the Rails 2 Grant­own project
• Was also a top pri­or­ity in 2008, so dis­ap­point­ing to see little improvement
• Per­haps a path to Muck­rach would be a straight­for­ward quick-win?
• Cap­it­al fund­ing can be found (such as Com­munity Links) and poten­tial for Tom na Clach funds to be used for maintenance

Pri­or­ity 2 — Speed­ing in the Vil­lage (12 votes)

• The High­land Coun­cil and Police Scot­land likely to be key part­ners (Jaci Douglas happy to lead)
• Links to vis­ib­il­ity splays, which, along with car park­ing, were iden­ti­fied as a sig­ni­fic­ant safety concern

Pri­or­ity 3 — Friends of Dul­nain (12 votes)

• A pool of volun­teers to organ­ise social and com­munity events for the village
• The Tea-in-the-Park example in Glen­liv­et could be an inter­est­ing model

Pri­or­ity 4 — A café or shop (7 votes)

• This could become a vis­it­or attrac­tion and employ­ment oppor­tun­ity in the village
• Poten­tial to use the old shop and post office?

Pri­or­ity 5 — Improved and integ­rated bus ser­vice (7 votes)

• This is an ongo­ing issue, with points to bear in mind such as:
  • The High­land Coun­cil are cur­rently redo­ing their con­tracts (Jaci Douglas happy to lead)
  • Des­pite demands for change, the changes do not often res­ult in sig­ni­fic­ant increases in use
  • A num­ber of buses are diver­ted at com­mut­ing times to do school pick up and drop off

Pri­or­ity 6 — Car park­ing in the vil­lage (6 votes)

• The High­land Coun­cil, Police Scot­land and Reidhaven Estate are the key partners
• Con­cerns over safety cross­ing the A938, espe­cially for school children
• Car park­ing around the back of the gar­age and vil­lage hall can also be difficult
• Car park­ing in Fraser Road is dan­ger­ous, with res­id­ents park­ing on pave­ments, instead of round the back of their properties
• Still con­cerns over aban­doned cars on Skye of Curr road

Pri­or­ity 7 — Com­munity-owned hous­ing (5 votes)

• Acknow­ledged as a much big­ger issue, but lower votes due to those in attend­ance mainly being home own­ers already
• Oppor­tun­ity to do some­thing pos­it­ive over next 2 – 3 years with Rur­al Hous­ing Fund
• Wind­farm money could be used for invest­ment in properties
• 2 areas of the vil­lage already iden­ti­fied in LDP for housing
• Ron MacWil­li­am is will­ing to lead on this