The Helensburgh and District Access Trust (HADAT) launched a petition last year, 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.
Campaigners opposing proposals to upgrade a stretch of the A82 have accused the Scottish Government of ‘lacking ambition’.
HADAT previously warned such works will be a “disaster” and has called for a ‘high road’ option which is set further back from the loch. “The special qualities of the landscape are not being recognised, nature and natural processes given scant attention or ignored and golden opportunities to improve life for residents, visitors and travellers squandered. The low road solution for the A82 from Tarbet to Inverarnan will destroy large areas of irreplaceable Atlantic oakwood forest and blight eight miles of Loch Lomond’s bonnie banks with tarmac, concrete, steel and roaring, polluting traffic.
“In those days it seems we had politicians and public servants who had a better grasp of what makes sense. “It is recognised that upgrading the road in this environment is challenging, and this consultation is very helpful in understanding their concerns.
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