Transport

Road maintenance work is set to begin on the A9 near Latheronwheel next week and is expected to take up to four days to complete.

Caithness Rural Transport now has a fully qualified D1 trainer and 16-seat wheelchair adapted minibus that can be used for minibus driver training.

Blasting work is planned from next week to remove the final areas of rock as part of the £9.6 million upgrade of the A9 at Berriedale.

A Caithness councillor challenged Scotland's transport secretary Michael Matheson on the need for A9 improvements in the north.

Road policing officers spoke to nearly 300 road users during patrols on sections of the NC500 in Caithness and Sutherland over a three-day period.

The introduction of double yellow lines in the centre of Wick will not impact on businesses in the area, says civic leader Willie Mackay

MSP Gail Ross has spoken of her fears for the future of Wick John O’Groats Airport after what she describes as a series of setbacks in recent weeks.

Double yellow lines have started appearing in Wick town centre. Workmen were seen putting them in place in Bridge Street on Tuesday morning.

Improvements should be made to Wick John O' Groats Airport to safeguard its future, according to far north MP, Jamie Stone.

A revised pay offer has been made to air traffic controllers in the Highlands and Islands in a bid to end an industrial dispute.

A new bus timetable should improve connections for passengers wanting to catch the ferry at Gills.

Benny Geddes (76), from Castletown, retires officially on Friday after working as a bus driver for half a century.

North MSP Gail Ross is urging her constituents to take part in consultation on the Scottish Government's new National Transport Strategy.

A design and colouring competition has been launched by Thurso Community Development Trust as part of a tie-up with Sustrans.

Conservative have welcomed news that plans to introduce a sleeper service between Caithness and the central belt are gathering momentum.

A Caithness schoolboy has criticised the reflective road studs that have been put into a stretch of the A9 near Latheron as 'unfit for purpose'.

Passengers flying from Wick will not be affected by industrial action scheduled to take place later this month.

A Highland MSP has called on Scotland's transport secretary to try and resolve the pay dispute between air traffic controllers and Hial.

Passengers on the X99 bus from Caithness to Inverness have to pay 50p for a toilet stop in Dornoch, it has been claimed.

A Thurso based company is at the forefront of helping create a greener, cleaner and more efficient rail network.