Work has begun on a £167k project to light the city of Inverness' main river crossing.

Ness Bridge is to be fitted with colour changing Light Emitting Diodes (LED) lighting to reflect on the water and in doing so, will become a striking new addition to city's nightime scene.

As soon as the work is completed, after dusk, the Ness Bridge will come to life in a dynamic display with endless potential to change the lighting sequence across the full colour palette, and to link the changes to wind speed, or water flow.


All controlled by a computer system, lighting can also be programmed to celebrate events or special days in the cultural calendar such as blue and white on St Andrew's Day and red and yellow for Chinese New Year.

The project, part of the City Lighting Strategy, Illuminating Inverness, is being fully funded through the Inverness City Vision Cities Growth Fund monies for 2006-2008 and compliments the lighting work already in place around Inverness Castle and the environmental improvements of the Streetscape programme.

(CD/JM)