Investment in Luss Visitor Management
Luss Estates is delighted to confirm that it will be investing over £50,000 in visitor management initiatives in 2022. This includes funding the ongoing role of Luss Community Warden as well as contributions to support the Friends of Loch Lomond’s A82 bin scheme and wardens, provision of public toilets in Luss and Arrochar and regular litter picks. In collaboration with the GRAB Trust (Group for Recycling in Argyll & Bute) a litter picking station has been installed on Luss Beach and will be maintained by Luss Estates. In addition to this Luss Estates is continuing with monthly litter picks from May to November.
- Full time warden for Luss
- £12,000 toilet provision in Tarbet and Luss
- £3,000 contribution to Friends of Loch Lomond for wardens in Arrochar and Tarbet
- £5,000 to support the Friends of Loch Lomond A82 rubbish bin scheme
- £10,000 funding monthly litter picks in Luss and the surrounding areas from May to November
- Disposal costs and landfill tax on hundreds and hundreds of bags of litter
In drawing up the 2022 visitor management plans Luss Estates has worked closely with Luss and Arden Community Council through the ‘Luss Summits’, chaired by Jackie Baillie MSP. The aim of these meetings has been to try and address the visitor management issues faced in and around Luss Village and to work with relevant stakeholders on a coordinated and considered response.
The ‘Luss Summits’ were initiated as a result of lobbying by Luss & Arden Community Council and Luss Estates Company following two years of unacceptable anti-social behaviour and extreme levels of littering. The meetings are attended by Argyll & Bute Council, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, the Police, Friends of Loch Lomond, Luss Estates Company and Luss & Arden Community Council.
One of the key outcomes of the Luss Summits is that Argyll & Bute Council and Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park have agreed to contribute £18,000 to help fund a second warden in Luss Village. A number of local businesses have also agreed to contribute a total of £7,500 enabling this to become a second full time warden position.
Simon Miller commented: “We warmly welcome visitors to Luss and the surrounding area. We are privileged to have the stunning natural beauty of Loch Lomond. We urge all visitors to treat the community and the environment with the respect it deserves and dispose of their litter in a responsible manner.”