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DAMAGE caused by unauthorised use of forestry tracks in Kintyre by scrambling motorbikes has caused anger from the Forestry Commission.
orbikes causing damage to the tracks, which have a strict no vehicle policy they are disturbing the people who live near them.
The Forestry Commission are not looking to put people off using the forests, but would advise those who are damaging the forest to think twice before doing so.
Although the damage is not being caused on the main public footpaths in Dalabuie and Lussa forests, it is being made where the area is quieter and not so popular with the public, and is mainly used by the Forestry Commission which is only suited to quad bikes.
The scrambling motorbikes are causing the bridges to disintegrate with the weight, forcing the Forestry Commission to pay a lot of money to get them fixed.
Lesley MacFadyen from the Forestry Commission said: ‘ We have had people going over the tracks on scrambling bikes resulting in the tracks being damaged. We have a strict no vehicle policy in those tracks.
