- A1107 road
The A1107 is a
road in south-eastScotland , in theScottish Borders . It is a non-trunk route from nearCockburnspath to nearBurnmouth .It follows the route Burnmouth -
Eyemouth -Coldingham - Old Cambus - Pease Bay - Cockburnspath.Only at the southern end are there any settlements (
Eyemouth andColdingham ). The route is closer to the east coast than the main A1 road inland, therefore providing a touristic alternative route along the sea shore.The route offers an excellent view of the relatively flat area to the east of
Dunbar (East Lothian ) namely the Torness Power Station and theIsle of May at the end of theFirth of Forth and across toFife .The road contains what was once the highest bridge in the
Europe [ cite web
accessdate=2008-02-20
url=http://news.scotsman.com/wildlifeweek/Pease-Dean.2783693.jp
title=Pease Dean
date=2006-06-13] , amasonry structure over thegorge that leads out to the nearby Pease Bay, now a holiday caravan site. At its southern end, this bridge crosses theSouthern Upland Way and [http://www.sirwalterscottway.fsnet.co.uk/walk.html Sir Walter Scott Way] long distance footpaths.A proposal to construct a
wind farm straddling the road consisting of 22 wind turbines with a maximum height of 76 m. The planning officials of the Scottish Borders Council recommended refusal of the application of the developers PM Renewable Ltd. The planning application was rejected by a unanimous decision of the Scottish Bordwers Council. [ cite web
title='Planners recommend wind farm plan refusal'
publisher=The Berwickshire News
date=2007-11-08
accessdate=2008-02-20
url=http://www.berwickshire-news.co.uk/news/Planners-recommend-refusal-for-Coldingham.3453620.jp] [ cite news
first=Simon
last=Duke
title='Plans for major wind farm project blown away'
date=2007-11-15
newspaper=Berwickshire News
pages=3]References
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