The Scottish Government is being urged to get off the fence and back a study on setting up a Galloway National Park.Campaigners have issued the plea following a third meeting with rural affairs minister Mairi Gougeon.Galloway National Park Association representatives pressed Ms Gougeon to speed things up.But the minister said a feasibility study should wait until the new South of Scotland Enterprise Agency (SoSEA) bedded in.Unimpressed GNPA president Barbara Kelly said: “We don’t believe Galloway should have to wait.
National parks are not created overnight.“We need to start the process now if we are to secure a brighter future for our rural communities and their young people.“The SoSEA and the Borderlands Deal should help to improve our
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