A maintenance and upgrade programme is to be carried out at Foyers Hydro Power Station.

The station, which is situated next to Loch Ness, will see a number of its key components replaced after having reached the end of their operational lives.

According to SSE, the replacement components were delivered to the power station in 2013, but the utility supplier will start to remove two old inlet valves on 28 and 29 July, using abnormal load delivery vehicles under police escort.

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Starting at the power station, the vehicles will be transported by road to Inverness Harbour. They will travel along the B852, followed by the B862 (Dores Road), the B8082 (Sir Walter Scott Drive), and the A9 to Inverness Harbour. SSE has said disruption to other road users will be kept to a minimum.

Jo Simpson, Plant Manager at Foyers Power Station, said: "Replacing these key components will help to ensure the continued safe, reliable and efficient long term operation of Foyers pumped storage power station. These components have been in operation since the 1970s with a mid-life overhaul in the 1990s.

"We expect the new modern components will serve the power station for decades to help maximise its availability to generate hydro powered electricity."

(JP/CD)