Inverness City Deal brings 2000 new jobs

Two thousand new jobs could be created in Inverness, if the go-ahead is given to develop the unused landfill site at the Longman. It is one of five projects worth almost £50million combined, which are part of Highland Council's plans to spend the £315million City-Region Deal, that is expected to attract a further £800million of private investment in the Highlands over the next 20-years. The Inshes to Smithton Link Road, grade separation of the Longman Interchange, and West Link road improvements is among the major infrastructure work that will also be funded by the investment. Land equivalent to 18-hectares could be used to build industrial and commercial units at the Longman landfill over the next decade. Bryan Rutherford reports in the MFR 2 news bulletin at 13:00 read by John Rose.