Kintyre business leaders call for quick fix to ‘crisis’ at the Rest
‘A 10-year plan to fix a mile of road is ludicrous and dangerous’
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A83 disruption as Rest and be Thankful hit by more landslides
‘Initial assessments indicate that almost 700 tonnes of debris has been collectively prevented from inundating the A83 following the recent significant heavy rainfall’
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Road to close as helicopter helps with hillside fencing
Because of the challenging nature of the site, fencing materials will have to be lifted in by helicopter.
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Shock figures reveal scale of problem at Rest and Be Thankful
‘At the moment, there is 100,000 tons on the move on the hill.’
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Year-long job to repair forest road now complete
‘After drilling 300 steel bars 10 metres into the hillside, putting a concrete wall and beam in place, adding a guard rail and securing the downhill slope with 600m2 of steel mesh, our forest road is open again.’
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Longer opening hours at Rest and Be Thankful
Engineers have completed a 175m long, 6.6m tall temporary bund next to the Old Military Road to act as a protective barrier and provide extra resilience.
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A decade before permanent solution at the Rest?
‘I am certain that if this was the M8, it would have been repaired years ago.’
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A practical solution for the Rest problem?
…the study concluded that a realignment of the A83 at the Rest and be Thankful, incorporating a hard rock tunnel constructed using Norwegian tunnelling methods, is feasible and worthy of further investigation
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Council reveals its preferred solution to Rest landslip saga
‘The council supports option one as offering realistic solutions which will increase resilience on the A83 and provide the uninterrupted year-round access that Argyll and Bute needs and deserves’