Erosion at Galston on the Irvine

In 2017, Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA) engaged Aecom to design an engineering solution to prevent the Chris Hoy Cycle Path being lost through erosion that is well underway just upstream of Galston. More concerning to ART is the main sewer that lies next to the path...

Kilkerran Green Engineering Case Study

Many readers have followed our progress as we undertook the challenge of stopping erosion at two locations at Kilkerran on the middle Girvan. I though it was now an ideal time to provide another update that shows just how much has been achieved. Of course these are...

Giant Hogweed control continues

This is a challenging time of year for the Trust with so many different things underway and limited time available to do everything justice. However, despite a massive workload, we’ve taken most of the Giant hogweed control back in house on the Ayr this year as...