Islay’s crumbling roads need fixing
Figures from May show that 106 road faults were raised from Islay, while the June total is 101.
Districts
Tag: potholes
Letters
Letter: Pothole praise for ACHA
A huge thanks to ACHA’s hard working team for repairing the damage to this road.
Letters
Letters extra: Why cut wildflower verges?
Many of our most beautiful and environmentally essential insects are at various stages of their life cycles among the foliage at this time of year, but will now be dead.
Letters
Letter: Islay roads and ferries
This scattershot approach to pothole repairs is as random as it is ineffective.
Kintyre
Potholes or barriers
Muasdale cartoonist Tony Williams has taken a wry look at the barriers being erected alongside the A83.
Letters
Letter: Carradale path wrecked
How can one grudge the odd £700, to replace a pot-hole wrecked wheel and tyre, when we know that our money is really being spent on such an essential and environmentally friendly project.
Kintyre
Council’s Kintyre road spending plan
Nine schemes, including the Mull of Kintyre lighthouse road, which has needed repair for years and the Courier featured in 2016, are highlighted.
Leisure
Driving on ‘what’s left of the road’
‘We used to drive on the left of the road, but now we have to drive on what’s left of the road.’
Letters
Letter: A83 is ‘genuinely dangerous’
Inevitably, a number of motorists have experienced tyre blow-outs and other damage. I imagine West Coast Motors, who run regular daily services, will be furious.