Our tiny village island is being overrun by campervans, cars & tourist buses – now huge motorway could ruin EVERYTHING

LOCALS person been near reeling by the thought of a caller motorway erstwhile their idyllic tiny colony is already overrun by campervans and tourists.

The Isle of Lewis, a picturesque Outer Hebrides land successful the northwest of Scotland, could beryllium the caller tract for a immense main roadworthy overmuch to the dismay of locals.

There are lone 80 radical surviving successful Gearrannan Blackhouse Village on the Isle of Lewis adjacent to the lone road, which is already congested with holidaymakers.

Fears that the peaceful scenery and tranquil clime could beryllium interrupted are rising arsenic tourism is already astatine an increase.

Chairman of the Airidhantuim Community Council Roddy Martin, said: "I person visitors from Canada conscionable now, and our roads are similar a sidewalk to them. They person monolithic highways. Do we privation that? I don’t deliberation so.

"Over-tourism' is impacting the land and taking its toll connected the roads. It's the aforesaid successful different parts of the country."

The motorway was projected arsenic a mode to marque the 683 quadrate mile land much accessible and upgrade transport infrastructure successful the area.

This was owed to the spike successful visitors during the summertime months, which has already been described arsenic "horrendous", with the azygous way roadworthy hardly coping with the fig of cars, motorhomes and circuit buses.

With it's unspoilt sandy beaches it's nary wonderment travellers flock from each implicit the globe, bringing with them a oversea of vacation traffic.

This boost successful tourism has its perks for the vacation hotspot, but locals are not truthful sure.

The tiny land is portion of a concatenation of implicit 40 that marque the Outer Hebrides, with lone a fewer of them occupied.

Locals assertion it's this quiescent serenity that makes the Isle of Lewis truthful special.

One villager said: "A batch of these things are what keeps the land unsocial - it’s portion of its character.

"If you alteration it excessively much, radical won’t spot the entreaty to come."

This presumption isn't shared by Conservative councillor for Sgir’Uige agus Carlabhagh Ranald Fraser who approves of the influx of visitors.

He said: "This besides means that the infrastructure starring up to it needs captious upgrades to header with the demand."

The arguable roadworthy hold is said to beryllium funded by section authorities contempt the backlash, according to an reply to a parliamentary question successful September.

Any further decisions connected the motorway is down to the section assembly and not that of Scotland's nationalist transport agency, Transport Scotland.

A Transport Scotland spokesperson told The Sun: “There are nary trunk roads connected the Isle of Lewis and hence Scottish Ministers person nary locus here.

"All roads connected the land are the work of Western Isles Council and immoderate determination to upgrade this roadworthy would beryllium for the assembly to make.”

The section assembly Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar has told the Sun determination are immoderate adjustments being made to the road, including assessing spot stepping points, but determination volition not beryllium a afloat motorway.

A spokesperson said: "Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has utilized constricted disposable backing to marque improvements to passing places and pedestrian step-off points connected the Gearannan road.

"Constraints connected the Comhairle’s superior fund and the unavailability of alternate funds bash not presently let for the progression of further improvements to the road.”