Landowner support is crucial to the completion of a footpath to link an “island village” to vital services.
That much is clear from the latest update on plans to develop a safer route from Stoneyburn to Fauldhouse.
Funding for a bridge to cross the busy A706 main road from Lanarkshire into West Lothian has already been agreed but design plans will have to be drawn up before negotiations can start with a landowner on one side of the road.
