Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust (PKCT) is celebrating the news that it has received a £34,929.00 funding boost from SUEZ Communities Trust (formerly SITA Trust) for core path improvement works on Coronation Road at Northlees.

Funding will allow for improvements to the core path (code WCAR/55) at Northlees up to the link with Deuchny Wood. Work will include fencing, drainage with culverts, path surfacing and ditch clearance over a total of 380 metres.

Northlees section of Coronation Road before path improvement works

Morag Watson, PKCT Manager, said:

“The views from the path at Northlees of the rolling countryside and across the Tay towards the Lomond Hills in Fife are stunning. We hope everyone will be able to enjoy them more readily following the clearance of over 800 m² of gorse, installation of drainage to help dry up the currently wet and boggy ground, and laying of accessible path surface along its length.”

Bid Strachan, PKCT Communities Officer who will be managing the project, added:

“Works on this section of the historic Coronation Road will begin Monday, 30 October and will run for about three weeks. Thereafter, the route will remain closed for up to four weeks to allow the new path to settle. We would like to thank everyone for their cooperation and patience with us while this work is underway and for a short while afterwards.

Thanks must also go to the landowners who are working with us to improve the path. There have been problems with sheep worrying in the past but we are all working together to make sure dog owners can use the path without their dogs being a danger to the sheep.”

Map of temporary path closure on Northlees section of Coronation Road WCAR/55 (red) and alternative routes (indicated)

Marianne Ivin of SUEZ Communities Trust added

“The core path network in Scotland is such a wonderful asset and being able to help fund improvements to the many parts of it is very exciting for us. We look forward to seeing the end result”.

SUEZ Communities Trust provides funding awards through the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund – an important source of funding which came into effect in April 2015. The scheme is linked to the Scottish Landfill Tax and encourages landfill site operators to provide contributions to approved bodies, who can then pass the funds onto community and environmental projects.

The path upgrade will contribute to the Tay Landscape Partnership (Tay LP) – an exciting four-year project delivering £2.6 million of work in the landscapes where the Rivers Tay and Earn meet. With major support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the project is being delivered by PKCT and the Perth & Kinross Heritage Trust to enable locals and visitors to reconnect with the natural, built and cultural heritage of the area.

For information on how to apply for funding from SUEZ Communities Trust call (01454) 262910 or visit www.suezcommunitiestrust.org.uk

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SUEZ Communities Trust (formerly SITA Trust)

SUEZ Communities Trust is an independent funding body set up in 1997 and provides funding through the Landfill Communities Fund and Scottish Landfill Communities Fund. To date SUEZ Communities Trust has supported more than 3,900 projects to a combined value of over £110 million using tax credits donated by Suez Recycling and Recovery UK (formerly SITA UK).

Scottish Landfill Tax and the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund

The Scottish Landfill Communities Fund (SLCF) is a tax credit scheme, linked to Scottish Landfill Tax that encourages landfill site operators to provide contributions to approved bodies, who can then pass the funds onto community and environmental projects. The SLCF only applies to Scottish Landfill Tax (SLfT) and not to UK Landfill Tax, as it replaced the UK scheme in Scotland on 1st April 2015

For more information please visit http://www.sepa.org.uk/environment/waste/scottish-landfill-communities-fund/ 

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