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Petition to protect Loch Lomond’s shoreline from upgraded A82 will be presented to Holyrood this week

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A petition calling on the Scottish Government to protect Loch Lomond’s shoreline from an upgraded A82 will be presented to Holyrood this week.The Helensburgh and District Access Trust launched the petition in September, which called on the Scottish Government to reconsider its process for selecting the preferred option for the planned upgrade of the A82 between Tarbet and Inverarnan.Transport Scotland is proposing a £150million upgrade of the section, which is currently considered narrow and dangerous, as it winds its way through challenging terrain close to the loch shore and the West Highland railway line.Proposals include a series of large and highly-visible rock cuts, lengthy sections of viaduct structures built out over the loch and removal of extensive areas of protected ancient oak woodlands to develop an upgraded route that is very close to the existing A82 but wider with fewer bends.The Access Trust has previously warned such works will be a “disaster” and is calling for a ‘high road’ option which is set further back from the loch.A total of 526 people signed the petition which closed on October 18, and will now be considered by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee of the Scottish Parliament.MSP Jackie Baillie will accompany members of HADAT to Edinburgh, as they present new evidence pointing to the success of the ‘High Road’ solution adopted in the 1980s by engineers for the upgrade of the A9 at the Pass of Killiecrankie.

Commenting, John Urquhart of HADAT said: “When they upgraded the A9 in 1980, the engineering and environmental considerations in the steep and narrow Pass of Killiecrankie were closely analogous to those facing engineers now as they ponder how best to upgrade the A82 along

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