Rubber mats laid on railway at Stromeferry [BBC News]
Date: 15/03/2012
The first batch of rubber mats have been laid alongside tracks at Stromeferry in Wester Ross to allow road traffic onto the railway. Highland Council is having the material called HoldFast installed to ease travel in the area.
A stretch of the A890 has been shut since December following landslides.
Traffic will be allowed onto the nearby railway when there are no trains passing through and until the risk of further slides is reduced.
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The first batch of rubber mats have been laid alongside tracks at Stromeferry in Wester Ross to allow road traffic onto the railway.
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