Work to remove the final transmission tower from the Cairngorms National Park is now complete.

The scheme is part of the Beauly-Denny project, which is renewing over 800 pre-existing 132kv towers with 615 new steel towers operating at up to 400 kilovolts over a 220km distance.

With over 300 transmission towers now having been removed from the Cairngorms National Park, over 1,500 tonnes of steel is available for recycling.

Cairngorms National Park Chief Executive, Grant Moir said: "A whole swathe of the park now has no towers within it at all. Most of the 4,500km2 of the park no longer has any towers and this has opened up the views of the Cairngorms for people to enjoy."

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SSEN's Project Director, Alastair Brand, added: "This is the last of over 300 towers that we have taken down in the Cairngorms over the last seven years as a result of the Beauly-Denny project, with this significant milestone representing the completion of all major works associated with the project

"The Beauly-Denny project provided a unique opportunity to look again at the existing infrastructure within the Cairngorms National Park and through a number of planning conditions that were agreed during the planning process, we have been able to remove significant sections of existing transmission infrastructure from the Cairngorms National Park, delivering a lasting legacy for current and future generations."

(LM)