COUNCIL officials are working with national park chiefs to ensure warden patrols are visible across Helensburgh and Lomond.
An update to councillors has also said that joint patrols with Police Scotland are planned for the late May bank holiday weekend.
Maintenance work has also been scheduled for Cardross Crematorium, with the facility set to close for two days shortly.
The details feature in a report by Argyll and Bute Council’s roads and infrastructure services department, dated May 1, which is available through the authority’s website.
It said: “Joint warden patrols are being coordinated with Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority to improve coverage and use resources more efficiently.
“Additional joint patrols with Police Scotland are being planned for peak holiday weekends, including the busy period at the end of May. A visible presence was deployed at Duck Bay last weekend in alignment with the park authority.
“[Cardross Crematorium] remains busy, with 20 bookings scheduled. It will be closed for two days next week to allow for essential annual analytical and programming works on the cremator.
“Hand patching works are being undertaken on footways in Cardross. Teams are also continuing with general pothole repairs across the area and are preparing to mobilise for the upcoming capital works programme.”
In a separate section giving an update on matters across Argyll and Bute, the report added: “Twelve staff across all areas have now been trained and certified in stem injection treatment, increasing the council’s capacity to manage knotweed more effectively.
“This method will be deployed in early autumn (mid–late September), when it is most effective, and will enable treatment in sensitive locations such as within one metre of waterways.
“Conventional glyphosate spraying will continue between May and July as part of the seasonal treatment programme’
“Grass cutting will be paused in selected locations during May as part of the ‘No Mow May’ campaign. These include Burns Park, Cardross; Rhu Churchyard; Gare Road, Rosneath; Bullwood Road and Queen’s Hall (Dunoon); Wilson Road, Lochgilphead; Sinclair Avenue, Inveraray; and sites across Bute, Islay, Kintyre and Mull.
“The initiative supports biodiversity by allowing wildflowers to grow and providing habitat for pollinators.”
