Five pupils from Inshes Primary School, Inverness, have helped launch the next phase of work at Inshes District Park when they planted fruit trees in a section of the new park beside their school.

Primary 4-6 pupils - Eve Gardiner, Eve King, Daniel Ross, Molly MacGregor and Abby Chisholm- are all members of the School’s Garden Club and they and their school chums are taking a close interest in the progress of the park.

Hunter Construction (Aberdeen) Ltd began work on the £620,000 first phase of the park in September of last year by constructing 700 metres of primary paths and 680 metres of secondary paths and have moved back on site to complete landscaping works, which should be complete by the end of May.

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Inshes District Park will be delivered in three phases. Phase 1 covers 8.3 hectares and occupies an area of fairly level ground behind Inshes Primary School, between Sir Walter Scott Drive and Stevenson Road.

Phase 2, of 6.3 hectares, is set in rising ground between Stevenson Road and the recently-constructed Milton of Leys link road.

Phase 3, the largest area at 14.4 hectares, initially rises steeply from Milton of Leys link road then levels off to the north western boundary of Milton of Leys.

Phase 1 and 2 will be connected across Stevenson Road by the existing pedestrian crossing.

Phase 2 and 3 are linked by a cycle/footpath bridge over the Milton of Leys link road constructed recently by housing developers.

The funding for the project comes from contributions made by the various developers of housing in the neighbourhood and also the Landfilll Communities Fund.

(GK)