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New timber by rail study for Highlands

09 March 2015
 

Hitrans, the Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership, is commissioning a new study into the potential for rail to transport timber from forestry north of Inverness. According to Hitrans, four million tonnes of timber are likely to be harvested from the area in the next 10-15 years. “There is no precedent in the North for the volumes of timber predicted to come down the A897 and if the industry fails to cooperate fully it is entirely possible that the council [Highland] will have to...

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