News, Updates & Events
- Community Artwork Family Day - Book Your free space
- Community Artwork Project Underway
- Luncarty Football Club Upgrade
- Volunteering in the Community - thank you to everyone who took part
- Forging Careers with CTLR
- Bird and Bat Boxes Out On Site
- Project update from Derek Walsh, Contract Manager, BAM UK & Ireland
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Free Family Arts & Crafts Sessions
Wetlands Craft Workshop | Wednesday, July 3rd
- 10am – 11am
- 11.30am – 12.30pm
- 1pm – 2pm
Local families are invited to join a very special creative workshop with LouiseKirby as she prepares for her community artwork project. Inspired by the wildlife, flora and fauna from around the area, participants will stamp trails, doodle, draw, make patterns and words using a mix of stamping, drawing and collage.
This is a hands on workshop where parents, carers and children take part together to collaborate with Louise and other participants in the group.
There are 3 x 1 hour slots on the day with capacity for 16 people per session including adults and kids. Tickets are free but you must book a slot for everyone in your group.
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Community Artwork Project Now Underway
The first in a series of public artworks which will be situated within the Cross Tay Link Road site is almost complete, heralding the next stage of the project which is due to open in Spring 2025.
Artist Louise McVey’s “Living Bench” has been inspired by its location on the Green Bridge, an important element of the CTLR project, which joins up wildlife habitats, connects colonies, and acts as a crossing point for walkers, cyclists and wildlife.
Following a series of community engagement events in 2023, the brief for the artwork project identified a number of possible locations, and themes ranging from biodiversity to active travel, history and local geography.
The final projects have now been approved, as well as a Green Bridge mural. In addition to this, tiles created by members of the public during the CTLR Community Open Days in October 2023 and April 2024, will be used to decorate benches along the improved path network.
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Luncarty Football Club Upgrade
Luncarty Football Club approached the Community Benefits Team with a request to resurface the car park at the club, including the bellmouth entrance, and to renew the white lines.
Work included filling in potholes, providing new type 1 material over the area not being tarred, resurfacing a significant area of the car park, and providing two new disabled bays. The team also upgraded and extended the current footpath and its surface, and carried out an upgrade on the unsafe steps, laying new concrete and timber to secure them.
As well as site staff from BAM UK & Ireland, sub contractors as follows all contributed their expertise, materials or time:
- Contraflow – Traffic Management
- E&J Douglas – Road Planing
- Beattie FRC – Plant and labour
- Breedons – Asphalt and aggregates
- Markon – White lining works
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Parkdale Care Home Grounds Clear Up
As part of the CTLR wider Community Benefits Programme, the project team invited contractors and local people to help clear the Parkdale Care Home garden during Volunteers' Week 2024.
Led by a ten strong team with staff from BAM, PKC and sub contractors, tasks included clearing and jet washing the footpath, clearing vegetation, weeding the raised beds, weeding the grounds, and clearing old bushes and trees. As well as this, the expertise on hand allowed us to line mark a new parking area, remove an old hardstanding path and placing stone, and create areas suitable for wheelchair and residents access.
Lynsay Lwanyaga, Care Home Manager, commented, “Thank you for your support over Volunteers' Week. The residents in the red unit enjoyed watching you all at work and a few residents have had a wander around outside, noticing the difference you have made. Some of the areas were looking a bit weary but have been given a new lease of life!”
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Forging Careers at CTLR
Work Experience, Kinross High School Students, 5 June 24
Rhys Fog and Thomas Wallace, 4th Year pupils from Kinross High School, took part in a work experience day on 5th June, when they were mentored by CTLR project personnel, James Carcary, Ross Grant, Glen Verney and Tommy Scott.
As well as exploring engineering works such as setting out, using GPS units, measuring onsite, and using maths in the real world, they also looked at the construction side of the project including inspection of temporary works, bridge and roads construction, calculations for working out rate of pour, and looking at drawings in the common data environment system (BIM).
Work Experience, UHI Perth Students, November 2023 to May 2024
Robbie Strachan and Sarah-Jayne Barclay, UHI Perth students, joined the CTLR team on Fridays over a six month period between November 2023 and May 2024.
Studying Creative & Digital Media, Robbie and Sarah-Jayne added to their skill set with a Foundation Apprenticeship, which saw them take part in various activities and learning related to the production of creative and digital media outputs.
Robbie commented, "During my time with CTLR my favourite thing to take part in was helping organise and set up the Open Day. I enjoyed working with different organisations and interviewing contractors and staff.
Sarah commented, "I enjoyed the Site Tours and have really enjoyed seeing the Green Bridge development over the last 7 months. We have learned how to work in a professional environment and how to work with different stakeholders. I think this will benefit my future employment. We would love to have the opportunity to come back and do more.”
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Bird Boxes Out on Site
Bird Boxes painted and decorated by families attending the Community Open Days in October 2023 and April 2024 were distributed throughout the site by Environmental Officer, Philip Hemborough from HED Ltd. Carefully placed to ensure they become safe, secure homes for local birds, this initiative is a small part of the conservation strategy aimed at ensuring the positive impact of the CTLR project extends beyond the life of the build
Once construction is complete, families can enjoy the walk ways and access routes. Will you spot your bird box?
Winners of our painting competition are:
- Bird Box – Paige Age 5
- Bat Box – Abbey Age 8
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Project Update from Derek Walsh
Work continues to progress on the Cross Tay Link Road project; the following update is issued at June 27th 2024.
New Kingsway (Link Road)
Work on the New Kingsway has delivered a number of key elements this month with traffic signs, street lighting, vehicle safety barriers, and landscaping nearing completion between the A93 and A94 roundabouts.
Upgrade works on the existing Stormontfield Road are now complete. As a reminder, moving forward and permanently, Stormontfield Road will remain closed to vehicular traffic, allowing access to residential properties and Scone Palace only. The route will remain open for pedestrians and cyclists.
Surfacing has progressed well throughout June and we anticipate that remaining works on signage and verge finishes will complete next period.
The Green Bridge at Highfield is also near to completion with only final touches to landscaping, fencing and pathways to come. Once finished, the connection between the new road and Highfield Woods will come into play for active travel users and wildlife.
Destiny Bridge
The west abutment stem wall (located immediately west of the Highland Railway line), the east abutment foundation, and the abutment stem wall (end support) construction are all now complete.
The construction of the balanced cantilever reinforced concrete bridge deck segments is well underway with thirty-eight segments complete. The careful construction sequence used has ensured perfect balance is maintained throughout the process. The bridge is currently forecast to be completed in Spring 2025.
A9
The earthworks and drainage along the old A9 route continues and the drainage for the new Park and Choose area is now completed.
The A9 overbridge superstructure, finishing works including kerbing, ducting and hard landscaping, and surfacing works on adjacent roundabouts are also all complete.
The reinforced earth approach embankment to the west side of Destiny Bridge is ongoing. This will connect the new A9 junction to the new bridge over the River Tay. Piling works and the pile cap (foundation) are completed and the Denmarkfield Access Portal has recently been installed which will maintain through access for local properties, cyclists, and pedestrians.
Cyclists and pedestrians have temporarily been diverted from the A9 onto the existing riverside core path, enabling works to progress here safely.
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