A Safe, Accessible and Sustainable Holyrood Park for the 21st Century

That the Parliament welcomes the recently published Strategic Plan for Holyrood Park; recognises what it sees as the benefits of the park to people, nature and heritage; notes the support for the vision for the park, set out in the plan, of an evolving landscape combining human action and natural processes to create a fundamentally sustainable 21st century landscape that responds to the climate emergency, community aspirations, and natural and heritage conservation priorities, all while retaining and strengthening its iconic status for Edinburgh and Scotland; understands that the legislation relating to the park was passed in 1971, and notes the belief that it is in desperate need of updating to meet the new vision for the park, as set out in the strategy; further understands that the implementation of the strategy will aim to conserve and restore nature in the park, refresh the network of paths and trails, provide a safe place for people to gather, meet, play and relax, and will explore opportunities to expand active travel within the park, and notes the belief that all of these aims would be furthered by ending through motor traffic in the park.