Scottish Canals is set to transform Edinburgh’s canal at Fountainbridge with a £330,000 programme of works which will see the area benefit from towpath upgrades, improved landscaping and new moorings by the new Boroughmuir High School.With the new Boroughmuir High School opening in 2017 and further development expected in the surrounding area, Scottish Canals, Sustrans Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council are planning a series of works to ensure even more people can safely enjoy the Union Canal.The works also form the first phase of a wider towpath improvement strategy that will see the area alongside the new Fountainbridge Green and high school mark the start of the route along the canal to the city centre.The programme of works will include, towpath upgrades, landscaping, repairs to the canal wall, essential archaeological surveying and the installation of new moorings.Works will get underway today and will last approximately four months with the towpath being closed at different intervals during this time.
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