The long wait for a pedestrian crossing in the centre of Rosneath still isn’t over – six years after local councillors first called for the facility to be installed.

Argyll and Bute Council officials have been asked to carry out a survey of vehicle and pedestrian numbers in the village to find out whether a crossing is still required.

Work on the project was deferred until completion of the new Co-operative convenience store on the corner of the B833 and Clachan/Ferry Road.

Following the store’s opening last month after years of delays, the council’s Helensburgh and Lomond area committee was asked to reconsider the subject at its latest meeting – when members were reminded of their long-standing support for the facility.

But Helensburgh councillor Ellen Morton, Argyll and Bute’s policy lead for infrastructure, told the meeting: “Years have passed since that decision was made. The police have confirmed there have been no accidents at all.

“Why we would spend thousands of pounds installing a crossing at a place where there have been no accidents is beyond me.”

But Cllr Vivien Dance said the commitment to install a facility – first made in February 2010 – should be adhered to.

“The decision is still extant and in my opinion it should be carried out,” she said. “We all agreed that this be done when the Co-op was finished.”

Lomond North councillor Robert G MacIntyre said: “Officers have assured me that if we could make a case for a crossing, it would be provided.”

Money for the crossing, if the survey finds that one is needed, will come from the existing roads capital budget for the Lomond North ward.