Project: Spey Viaduct Palisade and Rail Fencing

Location: Spey Viaduct, Garmouth

Main Contractor:​ HFBC Ltd

Type of work: Fencing – Palisade and Rail

Project Summary:

Spey Viaduct partially collapsed on the 15th December 2025.

Spey Viaduct is a former railway bridge which spans the mouth of the River Spey. The line opened in 1886, closed to railway traffic in 1968, and has been used as a cycle and footpath since rail closure. Click here for Garmouth/Spey Viaduct update: https://newsroom.moray.gov.uk/news/garmouthspey-viaduct-update-15-december-2025

Start of project: 17th December 2025

End of project: 18th December 2025

HFBC works:

Moray Council contracted HFBC Ltd to supply and install fencing to prevent public entry to the viaduct.

Supply and install: –

  • 3 rail fencing over 2 locations, across each end of the footpath and extending either side.
  • Palisade fence with dug and set footings at each end of the bridge, installed between the bridge parapet walls.