 Portacabins in the temporary workers village |
A mini village has been created for hundreds of workers at the site of the first large-scale hydro-electric scheme to be built in almost 50 years. The accommodation for 250 personnel is nestled into a hillside at Glendoe near Fort Augustus, Loch Ness-side.
They are involved in the construction of a �140m power scheme.
The portable cabins have been painted brown at the request of locals to help them blend into the landscape. It has leisure facilities and its own pub.
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) said the accommodation would remain on the site until the project was completed sometime between 2008-2009.
The temporary village was built over the summer and was painted a colour chosen by local people.
New reservoir
A giant machine required to cut a tunnel was delivered to the site in July.
It was transported in parts to the site by a convoy of lorries.
The scheme involves the construction of a 1,000 metre dam at the head of Glen Tarff and the building of an underground power station inside Borlum Hill.
Water will be collected from a new reservoir, about 600 metres above Loch Ness.
The power station will produce about 180 million units of electricity in a year of average rainfall.
Operating at maximum capacity, SSE said the scheme would be able to generate enough electricity to power 250,000 homes and should be fully operational by 2008.
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