This work was developed through continuous consultation with the local community and key stakeholders and was funded by Transport Scotland through the Sustrans administered Places for Everyone programme.
A public consultation on a concept design for the route was held between November 2023 and March 2024. This consultation received a total of 207 responses and although 42% of survey responses were supportive of the design 45% of responses were not supportive. As a result it was agreed to pause the project until additional funding could be secured to carry out further engagement work with the community to find a design solution that could be strongly supported by the community.