Mallaig Community Council worked with The Highland Council to initially upgrade a section of the popular walk in Mallaig, known as 'the Circular Walk'. This first section was from East Bay to the access to the housing at Kings Way. Work was undertaken by Knoydart Construction, and supervised by The Highland Council as this section is part of the Core Path Network.
Since then, the Community Council has worked along with the Road to The Isles Facilities Group to access funds to redevelop the remainder of the path, and we are pleased to report that the works will commence on Monday 3rd June.
The path will still be open between East Bay and Kings Way, though some shuttling of materials on the path above the new housing development will take place intermittently, and we would ask that you be aware of machinery traversing the route, and take extra care during this time. In the interests of safety we would advise that dogs should be kept on a lead.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank those who have funded this project, and also members of the community who have donated on the just giving page. This remains open if you would like to make a contribution. Your support is very much appreciated.
The majority of the funding comes from the Highland Council's Community Regeneration Fund, with an award of £34,618.40. Match funding of £11,100 is being granted by Cargill / Ewos Community Fund, The Mackintosh Foundation, Highland Council (Core path maintenance), Scottish Sea Farms, and Mowi Scotland.
Finally, thank you to everyone for your patience whilst the work is being carried out. We will publish regular updates to keep everyone informed about closures.