District News, September 24 2021
News of charity hikers from Tarbert and Scotland losing out in its bid to build two new ferries for Islay and Jura.
News of charity hikers from Tarbert and Scotland losing out in its bid to build two new ferries for Islay and Jura.
‘When a major route loses one of the largest boats in the fleet, it has a huge knock-on affect elsewhere, and Campbeltown and Arran are once again suffering’
‘We are working hard to raise understanding, at all levels, of Argyll and Bute’s challenges and opportunities.’
I mentioned the pressing need for more ferries and sailings to our growing island economies, along with the need for central government to increase funding to our hard-pressed local authority.
The SNP stated that ‘the future economic success of Kintyre,’ depended on a Campbeltown to Ballycastle ferry.
‘The Group faces many challenges,’ said David MacBrayne Ltd chairman David McGibbon.
His satellite navigation had taken no heed of the £62 charge, for a commercial panel van on the ferry from Gourock to Dunoon.