Work to repair a crumbling bridge near Croftamie is to finally begin next month, ten months after the route was shut.Traders and villagers have been left frustrated by the amount of time the Catterburn Bridge, on the A809, has been out of bounds, with business owners reporting a dip in profits as they miss out on the busy tourist season.Stirling Council have this week confirmed that a contractor for the repair project has now been instated and the work will get underway in August.A spokesperson said: “The council can confirm that a contractor has been appointed and work is scheduled to start at Catterburn next month.“The local community have been informed and the council will issue a wider update on both the Catterburn and Branshogle bridges shortly.”The road there was shut, from the B834 to the A811, after a section of wall and pavement partially collapsed on September 30 last year.The bridge sits on the Glasgow side of the village and is the main link between Glasgow and East Loch Lomondside.Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.In November last year, we told how traders were fearing that they could see takings drop by up to 40 per cent due to the prolonged bridge closure.Business owners in Drymen, Croftamie, Balmaha and the East Loch Lomond area said the closure, coupled with the Branshogle Bridge closure, near Balfron, has brought businesses to their knees and they formed a community action group comprising of 80-per cent of the businesses.Calling themselves Business Action Roads and Bridges (BARB), the trading group said that the crumbling infrastructure in west Stirlingshire was having an immediate detrimental effect on local businesses and the wider community.The Observer understands that a
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