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.
Moray Firth School views on evolution. The Inverness-based Truly Terrible Orchestra was originally located at the school. The Principal announced in February 2009 that she was seeking a greenfield site in Inverness to allow the school to continue with its expansion plan and to make the school more accessible to children. The school closed in September 2010 in preparation for a move to the Inverness Campus. These plans were abandoned in February 2011 and at the time the school website stated that the school "remains in abeyance". Moray Firth School Moray Firth School was an independent school located at Gollanfield, between Inverness and