as work progresses westwards through the block, the quarry loop
will be reopened and the main haul road (A-F)towards the Mannoch Hill
closed until around the end of November to complete the operation. Every
effort will be made to reopen the walking routes as quickly as possible
with additional machinery on site during the core of the operation and
the facility for seven day working.

Timber harvesting operations are potentially very dangerous. The timber
harvester saw chain can break so the machine has a safe risk zone of
200m. Anyone struck by broken chain within this area has a very high
risk of fatal injury. Operators, not least for their own safety, need to
be highly focussed on their work and it is for this reason that we make
every reasonable effort to prevent the public from accessing harvesting
sites.     

Our team will be putting up interpretation and timber traffic warning
signage next week at the entrances to Elchies which will include
information on where you can continue to walk, cycle or ride in safety
in the forest over the summer months. Forest Enterprise Scotland would
ask for cooperation from all forest users in the interests of their own
safety and those of operational personnel please.