Luss Tourist Traffic Nightmare

That the Parliament understands that residents of the village of Luss on Loch Lomond are campaigning to restrict the flow of traffic through the village, following years of problems with the scale of visitors over the tourist season, which can lead to tailbacks as far as the A82 when the village becomes gridlocked; notes that the village is home to 120 residents and that it was made famous by STV’s Take the High Road; understands that the village welcomes over 750,000 visitors each year, ranking it as number nine in the list of the most visited attractions in Scotland, ahead of Stirling Castle, the Falkirk Wheel and Edinburgh Zoo; believes that residents are concerned that the continued influx of tourist traffic is destroying the essential character of the historic village, and that there are serious road safety issues for pedestrians in the heart of the village, most of which is pavement-free, as well as a very significantly reduced quality of life for residents; understands that Argyll and Bute Council accepted a blueprint drawn up by locals to manage tourist traffic but has since failed to act to further its implementation through a traffic regulation order, meaning that residents face a new tourist season without any measures in place to control traffic, and calls on the Scottish Government to intervene and ensure that there is no further delay in bringing forward a traffic regulation order to more effectively manage tourists through a much-loved, iconic village at the heart of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.