Locals have raised alarm over the North Coast 500 route, claiming it's turning into a 'Disneyland theme park' and causing a 'nightmare' for residents. Concerns include motorhome traffic, rally events polluting the area, and a lack of safety precautions, with some locals considering leaving their homes due to the overwhelming tourism impact.
Scotland world-famous North Coast 500 route has become a “nightmare” for residents and could create a “modern Highland clearances”, locals have claimed. Residents in nearby Sutherland have warned the area is “degenerating into a Disneyland theme park” and raised alarm at tourism plans to promote the route as part of a Scotland-wide “winter wonderland” campaign.
In the letter, locals wrote: “As residents massively affected by the NC500 we are asking for urgently needed help and action. We are greatly concerned that it has been reported in newspapers that the NC500 is now being promoted as a worldwide rally course. “In such circumstances, we would have thought that a rally course would need at least some safety precautions, but there is nothing. The way it is, it is causing a danger to us, our children and livestock. If there is a rally they race through our villages at well over the legal speed limit.”
NORTH COAST 500 TOURISM ENVIRONMENT HIGHLAND CLEARANCES LOCAL RESIDENTS
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