News on Wick Street Design Project

After a temporary hiatus, the Sustrans team is happy to be back to work on the Wick Street Design Project. We have used the feedback and creative suggestions you've put forward throughout the project to produce a set of design proposals for the pedestrian precinct in Wick.

Through sharing your views at our events and via surveys, you have helped us develop designs that we hope will create:

A new consultation will be launched on 24 August when the designs will be revealed. Keep checking this news page for more details on how to get involved to let us know if the new designs meet the project aims. In the meantime, the image below is a glimpse of the new design for the area opposite Market Square, featuring parklets (small areas of greenery with attractive and comfortable outdoor seating) and a designated loading bay for lorries.

Rendering of High Street, showing the view from Crown bar lookingonto Sam's and the Old Factory shop building. The design features a narrowar vehicle path with a lorry loading bay, flanked by patches of lawn with outdoor seating, trees and planters.

The Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRANS) needs your help to develop an active travel masterplan for Wick. This masterplan will detail a range of improvements that need to be made to provide safe and pleasant walking and cycling routes across the town, and outline a set of actions that will be taken forward by HITRANS, Highland Council and other partners.

To ensure that the improvements meet your needs, HITRANS needs your help to identify improvements that will make a positive difference to your everyday journeys. Visit their website to have your say: https://wickactivetravelmasterplan.commonplace.is/