Online vote opens as Inverness Courier's Build The Bypass campaign up for national award
VOTE FOR THE BUILD THE BYPASS CAMPAIGN HERE
An Inverness Courier’s campaign aiming to push advancement of the dualling of the A96 between Inverness and Nairn and the creation of a bypass for the traffic-ridden town has been shortlisted for a national award.
It was announced this weekend that the Build The Bypass Campaign was shortlisted for the News Media Association’s (NMA) Making a Difference Award 2024, which gives members of the public the opportunity to vote for their favourite campaign.
This is the second year an Inverness Courier’s campaign has been shortlisted for this category - it won last year for the Dual the A9 campaign.
Online voting is now open and will run until 5pm on Wednesday (30 October).
Steve Barron, managing director of Highland News and Media, which publishes The Inverness Courier, said: "Our campaign is important to us and to our audience. We all live and work in communities where we have to use the A96 and we've all encountered delays due to the lack of a bypass for Nairn. Congestion due to this is causing knock-on implications for businesses and everyone going about their daily lives, particularly those living in the area who are fed up.
"We've done what others haven't and listened to them. We staged our event in the heart of Nairn and attracted the government's senior transport officials along with the transport minister to put them on the spot in the run up to a general election. The passion in that room provided further fuel for this campaign which will continue until a bypass is built."
Matters Making a Difference Award is a showcase of agenda-setting investigations, campaigns and scoops from national, regional and local news brands demonstrating the power of original news content.
The annual Making a Difference award sees members of the public vote for their favourite campaign from the past year during Journalism Matters week, the NMA’s campaign to highlight the immense value journalism creates for our society.
