Anger over green light for traffic lights on Argyll’s ‘Bridge over the Atlantic’

Plans to install traffic lights on Clachan Bridge will ruin tourist attraction and endanger pedestrians, critics warn

Traffic lights are to be installed beside the scenic Clachan Bridge on Scotland’s wild Argyll coast despite fears it will be a “desecration” of a nationally-significant heritage site.

Known since the early 19th century as the “Bridge over the Atlantic” the 233-year-old crossing from the mainland to the Isle of Seil attracts visitors eager to boast of their trans-oceanic journey, but there are concerns motorists on green will soon act aggressively towards pedestrians on what is a much-photographed landmark.