Malcolm MacDonald (Stornoway Historical Society), John Bamsey (Breedon Group), Malcolm Burr (comhairle chief executive), Alexander Murray (site agent, Breedon Group), Councillor Norman A MacDonald and Mike Smith (the comhairle’s resident engineer).
The Iolaire working group is pleased to announce that work has now begun on the new path to the Iolaire memorial at Holm, Isle of Lewis, and will take approximately eight weeks to finish. The £170,000 project will be carried out by the Breedon Group and will include a fenced, tarred, Disability Discrimination Act-compliant path to the memorial site.
The main element of work involves the excavation and building up of material to form a path that has a suitable gradient to ensure access for all who wish to visit this site, which has been challenging to achieve in this location. Preparatory works for additional commemorative sculptures, commissioned by An Lanntair, has also been included within this phase of works.