Leacainn Forest Drive
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| Leacainn Forest Drive | |||
| Location Map ( geo) | |||
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| From: | Auchindrain (NN028031) | ||
| To: | Ardray (NM932061) | ||
| Distance: | 12.5 miles (20.1 km) | ||
| Meets: | A83, B840 | ||
| Traditional Counties | |||
The Leacainn Forest Drive was a forest drive through East Loch Awe Forest.
Initially a haul road, when it became a through road, it was promoted as a forest drive to encourage tourism. While it was still simply a haul road, Argyll and Bute Council agreed to convert it from a paved road into a gravel road, in order to save on maintenance costs. This turned out to not be the case - as the promotion of the route encouraged more cars onto the road that were not expecting gravel, and thus needed the gravel surface to be high quality: something very expensive given the traffic levels. The road was re-tarmaced and ceased being considered a forest drive.
Links
- Forestry Commission Scotland: Brenchoillie Road case study
- Forestry Commission Scotland: Leacainn Muir Forest Drive (archived)
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