Deadline looms for HITRANS consultation on improving transport in Highlands and Islands
The deadline is looming for people to give their views on a 20-year vision to improve transport in the Highlands and Islands.
HITRANS, the regional Transport Partnership for the Highlands and Islands, launched a consultation in April on its new draft Regional Transport Strategy (RTS).
It explores issues such as improving access to public and shared transport, and how to make walking, wheeling and cycling more accessible in communities across the Highlands, Moray, Western Isles, Orkney and the Argyll and Bute local authority areas.
People have until Friday June 14 to submit their responses by taking part in a survey.
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The draft RTS has identified 11 themes with each containing a set of policies to address the transport challenges and problems in the Highlands and Islands.
The final document will provide the strategic framework for the development of transport in the region. It is necessarily a comprehensive document which must be relevant to both immediate issues but also those medium to longer term challenges that will take many years to address.
Following the review of the public consultation, HITRANS will seek Ministerial approval of the finalised strategy and will also publish a delivery plan setting out its priorities for implementation.
The delivery plan will be updated regularly, providing an opportunity to reset or realign priorities to the changing political, social, environmental and economic landscape.
An online StoryMap sets out an overview of the RTS development process, a summary of the vision and objectives, themes and policies, the draft RTS and supporting documents and a survey on the material presented.
Hard copies of the documentation can be inspected or are available from HITRANS Office, Inverness Town House, 1 High Street, Inverness IV11JJ.
