Island begins motorhome stopover trial

CONTINENTAL-STYLE SITES AIM TO EASE HOTSPOT PRESSURES

- By ANDREW FORGRAVE

FRENCH-STYLE motorhome stopover sites are being trialled on Anglesey. Three parking areas on the island have been set aside in an attempt to ease pressures on communities blighted by illicit overnight stays.

Anglesey Council's partnership approach follows on the heels of a similar move by Cyngor Gwynedd, which established four "arosfan" campervan sites in the county for similar reasons.

Anglesey's stopover sites known generically as aires are in existing car parks that are already used "informally" by campervans. All are close to popular destinations. The initial trial period will run until after the October half-term holiday.

"We will then decide if the trial should proceed, with sites improved further or alternatively halting the trial," said a council spokesperson.