Moray is also home to the University of the Highlands and Islands affiliated Moray College, and to Gordonstoun independent boarding school and its accompanying preparatory school, Aberlour House. Moray Council is also responsible for the maintenance of 1,000 miles of road, 450 miles of footpath, 468 bridges, 16,000 street lights and 10,500 road signs. As a housing authority, Moray Council manages just under 6,000 council properties and operates a council house waiting list. It also provides housing which has been specially designed, built or adapted to meet the requirements of certain groups such as the elderly and those with special needs.
Elgin Academy, Moray Academy Street and Francis Place, now the site of the local youth cafe. The second academy, built in 1801, on the site that is now Moray College. The third Elgin Academy building, on Morriston Road, was built in the late 1960s and opened in 1967. In 2006 plans to merge the academy with Elgin High School were rejected after a public consultation. Instead a new £30million building was constructed under Private finance initiative, and opened in 2012. Elgin Academy, Moray Elgin Academy is a secondary school in Elgin, Moray, Scotland. Pupils at Elgin Academy are in years S1 to S6.