Wick Campus Handed Over To Highland Council

20th January 2017

Highland Council has updated Wick Campus stakeholders and confirmed that the Campus has now been handed over by Hub North Scotland to the Council.

The building is not as yet operational, and there are a number of outstanding works to be completed.

The post-handover period will see commissioning, snagging and other work take place, prior to the Council commencing decant into the new buildings and confirming the building as operationally ready.

The Council continues to work towards the decant dates previously advised to stakeholders.

A stakeholder group meeting on 31 January 2017 is proposed to provide further update.

 

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