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Flamingo Land fight continues
Paisley Daily Express
|May 23, 2025
Loch Lomond is the jewel in Scotland's crown. It is world famous for its natural beauty.
But now, at the gateway to the loch, that beauty could be trashed by a theme park operator looking to line their own pockets.
Together with the community in Balloch I have fought Flamingo Land and their daft mega-resort proposals for almost a decade.
The Yorkshire theme-park operator wants to build two hotels, a waterpark, a hundred woodland lodges, 370 parking spaces, a monorail and more by the shore of Loch Lomond at Balloch.
This would cause huge damage to the local environment, losing ancient woodland and building on a floodplain.
Their own traffic assessment predicted over 250 extra cars an hour at peak times. Anyone who has been on the A82 knows it already grinds to a halt the moment the sun is out.
This story is from the May 23, 2025 edition of Paisley Daily Express.
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