ARG25 | Improved public access provision through the creation, improvement and promotion of paths and other facilities,* with priority given to proposals that: (*other facilities refers to bridges, toilets, car parking, dog walking areas, lunch sites with changing areas, informal campsites, etc.) - An increase in quality and provision of routes in and around communities (particularly where health and community need is greatest)
- An increase in quality and provision of routes between communities
- An increase in quality and provision of routes to, through and along places of interest, e.g. coasts, woodlands, inland water, uplands, viewpoints, river corridors, historical sites
- Improving users' and land managers understanding of outdoor access and land management issues in the context of the Scottish Outdoor Access Code through provision of interpretation, signage, leaflets, presentations, workshops and site visits
- Assistance with the suitable implementation and monitoring of core paths and routes identified in core paths plans.
Particularly proposals that: - contribute to the establishment of routes identified in Argyll and Bute and Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Core Path Plans including the formation of new routes and upgrading of existing routes and their ongoing enhancement
- help to resolve public access - land use conflicts through installation of appropriate infrastructure according to SNH and Paths for All best practice guidelines
- improve access to, and interpretation of, visitor facilities or attractions prioritised within a local area visitor management, access or community development plans, e.g. Mull visitor management strategy, Islay access strategy, Dalriada project, Argyll Forest Park, LLTNP community futures plans
- enhancement of established upland paths and desire lines allowing access to key hills and mountaineering areas in Argyll particularly hills listed in the Munro tables and popular climbing areas
- involve interpretation or visitor orientation materials where they enhance core path networks or where they are an adopted priority within local area visitor, access or community development plans and conform to SNH best practice guidance.
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