Help shape safer travel around Boat of Garten

• I regularly visit Boat of Garten to access shops and services

• Walking
• Cycling
• Car driver
• Car passenger
• Other

Somewhat safe

The biggest problem is that many drivers ignore the 20mph speed limit especially when entering and leaving the village from either end. You have not included Nethybridge Road in this and this is the worst stretch as people speed over the bridge and right up past the golf club and only lower their speed when they approach the corner. There is not pavement adjacent the back of the tennis courts thus you have to cross to the pavement on the other side if you wish to do the riverside walk.

• Slower traffic

Yes

They seem ok but I’d hate to see too much signage as this can ruin an area and also use of different coloured or textured materials as this can ruin a village feel and make it like Disneyland.

Add in Nethybridge Road and any road references to the old speed limit of 30mph and even put in electric speed signs to alert drivers that they are speeding!

Yes

Don’t have any proposals

• I live in Boat of Garten

• Walking
• Cycling
• Bus
• Car driver

Somewhat unsafe

A large percentage of cars travel much faster than 20mph. The section from the post office to the golf club corner(wrongly called Deshar Drive on the drawing….its actually Nethybridge Road) can be very unsafe especially now as there are young children living there. This area has been completely overlooked. There should be consideration given to slowing vehicles here too and possibly a crossing. Cars treat this section like an airport runway!

• Slower traffic

Yes

Generally good, slowing vehicles down always good but some attention needs to be given to Drumuillie Rd section after you turn the corner from the post office.

The section I mention above often has many parked cars using hotel, railway station or just walkers. Can be tricky to cross road and cars really travel very fast in this section.

Not sure

Please consider areas more than just Deshar Road.

• I regularly visit Boat of Garten to access shops and services
• Other (please specify)

My second home isin Boat of Garten.

• Walking
• Cycling
• Car driver

Very safe

Roads are not busy in Boat of Garten, always easy to cross roads, including main road

• Other

Improve connections to the surroundings, e.g. safe cycling routes to Grantown and Carrbridge.

Yes

The current arrangements in the centre of village are good. It is the routes at edges of village and connections to further routes which need improved, e.g. to Golf Club, to farm road & paths along the river. Walking or cycling along Nethybridge Road accross the bridge to access the paths to Loch Garten from the car park on B970 is hazardous.

Put your efforts on improving connections to and from the village, the village centre's arrangements are fine.

No

Concentrate on how villagers can get out of Boat of Garten walking or cycling, and how visitors can come here without using a car.

• I work in Boat of Garten

• Car driver

Neutral

The pavements need to be upgraded for the use of a wheelchair or buggy.
A cyclist should not be using the pavements for obvious safety issues. Roads need to be upgraded for car use and cyclists - Highlanders need and use their cars and certainly in rural areas, cars and good public transport need maintained roads. I certainly need a car to make my way safely around the valley and having upgraded roads with good parking is more essential than making extra space for cyclists and removing parking - even more so because of the recent snow and storms that we have had, how many cyclists have been out and about cycling around the areas. The priority should be improving the area and maintaining the roads but not for the minority of cyclists.

• Better lighting
• More crossings

Yes

Improve and maintain what is there currently.

Improve parking around the area so that we can access areas.

No

You are not interested in anything apart from
removing cars from the road which is ridiculous in rural areas where people need and use their cars. Most families have 2 or more cars for reasons that suit their own personal circumstances!