Cash to cut congestion at tourist hotspots

Top tourist sites on Skye have been given £300,000 to help ease parking problems.

The Fairy Pools will receive £200,000 from the Highland Leader programme, while £100,000 of Scottish Government funds have been announced for the Quiraing. The cash will go towards car parks at both sites after high tourist traffic last summer caused tailbacks and parking problems.

Atthefairypools,aseries of waterfalls and pools in Glen Brittle which attracts more than 100,000 visitors a year, plans are in place to expand the existing 35-space car park to take 100 cars and around 20 mini-buses.

The car park proposed for the Quiraing, an area of unusual land formations will have 60 spaces for cars as well as places for small coaches and motorhomes.